where did the crackers go?

I brought home some groceries the other day and left my box of crackers on the table. I only had eaten two packages from the box.

I hadn't put Sadie in a crate for months now. I had let her roam the house while I was at work. She deserved the freedom. She was enjoying this brand new freedom.

One day last week I came home to no crackers on the table. I was like.... where did my crackers go? Sadie just looked at me. I looked every where knowing something was up. Well I found two wrappers on the couch. Yes she had managed to get the box off the table and brought it to the couch to feast. Not one packaged survived from the box. I don't know how she managed to eat some of the wrappers.

I was upset but more hilariously upset than angry. I said....well Sadie you lost your freedom for a while. Into the crate you go tomorrow.

She had a birthday yesterday. She turned nine. I've had her for nine years and think about all the stuff she has lived. She has practically done all she has done as a dog and probably more than your usual dog life. She loves the beach just like her mother. She loves crackers just like her mother and she gets what she wants. A rebel like her mother.

The wrapped box of crackers

The pink cookie she licked until she knew it was safe to eat

So guess what I got for her birthday. Yup, I bought her own box of crackers and wrapped them up. I sure did. Happy Birthday Sadie you taught me that I can not ever leave anything at your mouths reach. You are one smart dog just like your mother.

How many candles do I blow

Someone didn't know when their birthday was today.

For many reasons some of us as we get older we don't celebrate birthdays. I'll give you mine as an example. The older I get the less important it is to celebrate. This year I was accompanied by my sister. I didn't expect to do anything considering the circumstances but she wanted to take me out to eat. I normally just would have gone by myself. I would have sat in a restaurant and had me an adult beverage by myself. You see that past two years even though I had a partner in my life she didn't celebrate my birthday. If it wasn't important to her then why was it important to me.

I do think birthdays are important. That's why I try my best to surprise my sisters with cake and remind my friends with a gift that they are in my thoughts on their special day. Today is my baby sisters birthday. She spent it with her husband and a play date with her son. That's all she really wanted. Last week it was my God Child's birthday so I of course had to get her a piñata.

There are so many birthdays celebrated on a daily basis. I went out to eat with my friend on Sunday and there at the restaurant they sang Happy Birthday to a birthday girl.

This is my God Child and as long as I'm alive I'll do anything for her.

I was at work when I had to ask a person when their birthday was to enter it in the system. He looked to be younger than me. He asked me if I really needed it. I said, yes. He told me he didn't know when his birth date was. I gave him that look like....really, and said "you don't know the day you were born"? He pulled out his wallet to check the date on his drivers license. Then I realized he was telling me the truth. I couldn't shake that thought out of my mine. So I responded and said "don't worry I don't celebrate my birthday either I forget how old I am at times".

He began to tell me that he lives here alone. Came to this country to help raise his siblings back home. He is the older brother and when his siblings need money he sends all that he can. His parents no longer live so he became the adult and provides for them back home. Since his parents no longer live and his family isn't here he has no reason to celebrate. He said...."why buy a cake when there is no one to share it with". So he doesn't know when he was born. He hadn't celebrated it in years. I wanted to reach out and celebrate a late birthday with him but it wasn't my place. You see my birthday is July 25 and his birthday was July 20. He was ten years younger than me and we both had that same feeling about our birthdays.

Some people have their reasons for not celebrating certain things that others will over due just to say Happy Birthday to you. One day maybe not today but when we are old we will sit alone at the table and think how old am I that no one is here anymore to wish me a happy birthday.

Make a wish and blow out the candles. In his place what would he have wished for? Think about it.