I showed up at the agreed-upon time with the fixings for a birthday pizza picnic party …
All tagged birthday
I showed up at the agreed-upon time with the fixings for a birthday pizza picnic party …
The black pleather sofa was well worn from the tired bodies of so many young people that had come before me.
The watcher at the OR window signals to our team. We start the Apgar timer and wait.
My dad rented out part of a resort. Loot bags, each waiting to be taken home by a party guest, stand neatly arranged in rows, like soldiers on a training field.
You find me in a pile of katanas and kimonos, browsing the sake cups we’ll toast your 21st birthday with.
In the morning on my birthday, my mother texted “Happy Birthday.” Texting instead of calling … strange.
An unusually cold Australian winter morning. The light creeps just so, momentarily tricking me into thinking I’m tucked away in my London apartment, despite the distance in years since I've lived there.