My biggest birthday lesson: You can’t have it all.
Part of me believes that birthdays are reserved for grand adventures in Far Off Places, but another part of me feels so deeply sad if I’m not celebrating at home with the family I love.
This year I’m crossing the threshold of 23 with my family by my side (and eating way too much of my mother’s coconut cake). But I still won’t forget that one time I had a birthday I was totally unable to do any of those things because I was in another country/time zone/hemisphere where I knew almost no one. But I think I pulled it off all right.
Have a read and see for yourself!
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