Birthdays

Birthdays are important in this family. Not for the marking of age but as an excuse to get together. Tonight the immediate family and some close friends got together to celebrate my sister-in-law's birthday. Instead of cooking we went out. It was s good change (no cooking, no cleaning). The year has been rough and we had not been celebrating these things. But it is important to take the opportunity to get together because you never know what will happen tomorrow.