On birthdays :)

On your birthday, your friends and family will wish you a Happy Birthday. Sometimes, you feel sad when they forget. Although I would like very much to say that only when I receive wishes from people who truly mean it, or from people whom I care about, will they mean something to me, I am not at that level yet. There is still the twinge of sadness when people forget.. :( And it's somehow affected me more so in the recent years.. But today I realized something more meaningful than having everyone remembering and celebrating my birthday... is that today is the day that my mum laboured to deliver me. It suddenly struck a chord in me when I received an SMS from mum apologizing for not having the time to get me any present that day.. Why should she be giving me a present when I should be thanking her for giving me life, for letting me have the opportunity to meet all the Angels in life? Can't believe it took me 28years to realise this. And so, Mr Wolfball and I got her a present instead! ;) We think she was really pleasantly surprised to be on the receiving end today, and that was my birthday present (she also did all my laundry for me while i was out tho, haha), probably the most meaningful one I've had so far :)