I’m not one to want to bring too much attention to myself (I can just see the rolling eyes of my co-workers as they read that statement), but today marks a special milestone. Today makes my 64th lap around that big ball of gas in the sky. Today is also the somewhat rare occasion that my birthday falls on the same day as our weekly visit. Today is also Friday the 13th. Most of the time, I am not the superstitious type, but I will avoid stepping on any cracks or black cats today, just to be on the safe side. I’m not sure where the whole thing about black cats originates. I had a black cat once (His name was “BC” - for “Black Cat”) and he was not “unlucky” at all. In fact, I liked him. He loved to climb up on my shoulder as if he was a parrot and I was a pirate.
Mama Mae (my maternal grandmother) and I shared a birthday. I always thought that was kind of neat. For a while, there was a running joke in our house that I was Mama Mae’s birthday present, only she didn’t keep it and gave it back.