Your birthday is coming up. In the past, you've always gone all out to remember those you loved. You're hoping yours will wind up just as spectacular. Describe how it turns out.
My 40th birthday was coming up. The big 4-0. I didn't personally feel any different and wasn't expecting a big deal. In fact, I was expecting a quiet get together with a couple of my friends.
Boy was I surprised when I walked into Jason and Susan's apartment and saw all my friends there with "over the hill" decorations everywhere.
"SURPRISE!!" Everyone shouted
"How does it feel to be over the hill like me?" Susan asked as she put a silly hat on my head.
"The same as ever," I laughed.
"Well, I'm going to go start the coals. Got to have them ready. I'm making your favorite BBQ chicken like we planned, along with hot dogs and hamburgers."
"AND we have a cake for you too!" Susan added and showed me a cake that had a cemetary on it.
"Nice!" I laughed. "Where's my tombstone?"
"Right there," she pointed out.
Sure enough, there was one with my name, one with her name, and a few other friends' names who were over 40.
"We have to have a picture of this," Jason said as he came back in. He snapped a photo of all us Tomb Stone friends together.
After that, the evening passed with conversation, good food, a blur of gag gifts, some real ones too, but the best thing of all was just the sense of family. For someone that never had real family, you couldn't ask for a better gift or a better 40th.
My 40th birthday was coming up. The big 4-0. I didn't personally feel any different and wasn't expecting a big deal. In fact, I was expecting a quiet get together with a couple of my friends.
Boy was I surprised when I walked into Jason and Susan's apartment and saw all my friends there with "over the hill" decorations everywhere.
"SURPRISE!!" Everyone shouted
"How does it feel to be over the hill like me?" Susan asked as she put a silly hat on my head.
"The same as ever," I laughed.
"Well, I'm going to go start the coals. Got to have them ready. I'm making your favorite BBQ chicken like we planned, along with hot dogs and hamburgers."
"AND we have a cake for you too!" Susan added and showed me a cake that had a cemetary on it.
"Nice!" I laughed. "Where's my tombstone?"
"Right there," she pointed out.
Sure enough, there was one with my name, one with her name, and a few other friends' names who were over 40.
"We have to have a picture of this," Jason said as he came back in. He snapped a photo of all us Tomb Stone friends together.
After that, the evening passed with conversation, good food, a blur of gag gifts, some real ones too, but the best thing of all was just the sense of family. For someone that never had real family, you couldn't ask for a better gift or a better 40th.
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