It’s no small thing to celebrate a birthday.
In fact, I believe we should celebrate birthdays always.
It marks more than another year on the calendar. If anything, I hope for all of us who add another candle feel some sort of gratitude for that birthday.
How we celebrate our family members’ birthdays, friends’ birthdays, or our birthday is up to us. It can be small or large. I turn 40 next year, but I don’t feel old. Sure, I have moments when I realize I can’t recover as quickly after a bad sinus infection. But I know it’s one more year I have to make a difference in this world.
There was a time I never wanted to see another birthday. It seemed I was young, but not young in the way people who desire eternal youth feel. I felt the long years before me separating my daughter from me. I just wanted to be with her.
A gladiola in the Anniversary Garden.
Corrie is the first thing I see when I wake up, and she is the last thought before I go to sleep. The gardens represent a candle on her would-be birthday cake, and I can’t think of a better example than the Anniversary Garden. It is a no dig garden bursting with color from the zinnias and sunflowers.
This is only stage 1 of the Anniversary Garden as I’ve planned for it form a circle with four garden areas. This is the front. I almost feel that this garden is its own vibe. I see Corrie in all of it.
Our newest garden shown in the TikTok video at the top is garden number 10. It is the tenth birthday candle on Corrie’s would-be cake for December. This garden also honors the memory of one other.
The garden next to it is called the Barbara Ann Garden. We decided to build up a Mediterranean-style garden, and call it the Bobby Charles Garden. It honors John’s father, who would’ve turned 94 tomorrow. He graduated to heaven 18 months before Corrie, and she rests next to him.
When the layers done and plants take life, it will also have a vibe like the Anniversary Garden.
“Celebrate we will for life is short but sweet for certain.” ~ Dave Matthews Band
Corrie's Season 