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Enough About Me, What Do You Think Of Me?

I know this is going to shock you but today I’m just going to talk about me. Yes, I’m tired of talking about children, even though they are the future. Today is all me. I’m entitled. Because it’s my birthday. My big birthday. The one that took me to “XL” in Roman numerals, as one of my darling friends pointed out this morning. So today, September 14, is Dr. Zibners Day.

Unfortunately I’ve spent much of the day in tears. It started with the enquiring little “Mommy?” coming across the baby monitor at 6:30. We did our good mornings and hugs and kisses and came upstairs. But instead of our usual routine, whereby I try to answer emails while the girls try to destroy the living room, I didn’t even pick up the computer and instead the 3 of us had a “cuddah” on the sofa and watched Tangled. Cute film. The girls liked the singing and the horsey. I cried a little. Poor Rapunzel’s parents!

Then I took us all to the kitchen table where I served a fine breakfast of Angel Food cake (homemade!), fruit and marshmallow fluff. It’s my birthday, after all. Of course I had to light a candle and sing to myself while Eva and Zoe stared at me like I had 2 heads. We spent the next 10 minutes relighting the candle and practicing. Zoe quickly learned how to blow out a candle like a pro. Eva learned that fire is hot.

Note to self: marshmallow fluff and toddlers don’t mix.

Next came opening the cards the girls “made” me with the help of our sitter. Who knew a piece of pink construction paper covered in little photos of the girls and decorated with sparkly “40”s could make me weep like a baby.

And now I’m sitting at the computer, crying like a baby all over again. Because even when it’s all about me, it’s still all about them. But that’s okay. It makes 40 pretty tolerable.

Dr. Lara Zibners, Sep 14, 2011

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