I think they should be, if they aren't. Though maybe that's just because I've never really had a super exciting time of my own.
[ no real parties, nothing of the sort. she remembers talking about it with yesod closer to a month ago now -- how she'd been more excited when she was younger, or must have been, since that would be the one time out of any that she'd see a little color...
snatches of it, fleeting bits of wonder and happiness in candles and cake, swallowed too soon by black and white and black and white and ]
More of my birthdays, I think, were spent treating it like any other day, studying for a test or doing homework, staying after class to make sure I had what I needed and working hard to keep up with the people around me. And then that continued when I graduated -- it wasn't a special day, or at least no one treated them like it should be. So I think they oughta be!
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[ no real parties, nothing of the sort. she remembers talking about it with yesod closer to a month ago now -- how she'd been more excited when she was younger, or must have been, since that would be the one time out of any that she'd see a little color...
snatches of it, fleeting bits of wonder and happiness in candles and cake, swallowed too soon by black and white and black and white and ]
More of my birthdays, I think, were spent treating it like any other day, studying for a test or doing homework, staying after class to make sure I had what I needed and working hard to keep up with the people around me. And then that continued when I graduated -- it wasn't a special day, or at least no one treated them like it should be. So I think they oughta be!