
A day
a year
a life
celebrated in the excited voices
and pink buntings hanging
from the ceiling.
Princesses watch from the rafters
holding the pink tapestry in place
plastic smiles amused
at the man all agog
keeping dozens of candles lit
over a purplish cake.
All are in the memory
box wrapped in colorful bows
the present
of a lifetime.
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My husband prepared a (Disney) Princess theme birthday for me. I never thought I’d be giddy over having our place made up for our celebration. But I was. I woke up this morning to much ado in the kitchen – my husband and children were busy preparing for today. I watched them like a little girl having a party for the first time. Needless to say, I had a lovely time.
Thank you for coming by and sharing my joy. 🙂
Happy Birthday to You! It sounds like you had a wonderful surprise, and a wonderful day! I hope you have a fantastic year!
Becky
I think they must see your royal heart. Happy Birthday 🙂
Happy Birthday to YOU! Sounds like a lovely party
yay! happy birthday! and what a cool surprise…so you were his princess today eh? smiles….as it should be….
that is amazing; how sweet of him to make such a lovely tale come true…I’m sure you’re his princesses everyday tho… smiles
awwww this is lovely… happy birthday to you and glad you had such a wonderful celebration
You deserve to be spoiled… I bet it looked beautiful… Happy Birthday…. Diane
Needing a fire extinguisher to put out all of the candles and your poem made me smile. (^_^) Happy B-Day!
That is so sweet. Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday to you. So nice of him!
Happy Birthday! Enjoyed your post and poem. 🙂
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Very thoughtful of your husband. May your year be filled with blessings.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
Happy birthday!
No matter how old we get, there is a little princess in every woman’s heart and a prince charming in every man’s heart. Happy Birthday my friend. I wish you all the love, joy and peace in this world. As for the candles, the more the merrier.Reminds me that I need a bigger cake on my next birthday this Spring. God bless.
Fantastic! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Happy belated birthday Imelda, and may you enjoy the sweet blessing of many more my sister! God bless you always!
Happy Birthday, Imelda! I’m feeling giddy for you as well! How wonderful of your hubby and boys to surprise you! May you be drenched with love today and always!
Happy birthday to you! It sounds like your family created a beautiful day for you! 🙂
Happy birthday! What a sweet thing he did by planning a princess party. (I get what you mean about the number of candles. After age 30, I nixed the candle-for-each-year practice 🙂 )
Happy Birthday!
Such a sweet guy. Happy birthday, Imelda. Hope your day was spectacular.
This is wonderful and I want to wish you a happy happy birthday!
Beautiful poem, Imelda. Happy Birthday to you. I’m so glad that your family made such a fuss of you. The cake is gorgeous. 🙂 xx