Popular Birthday Poems

My last breakdown....
...was my birthday 2023.
My father would have been 86.
I turned 49.  I knew him less
than 6 months of my adult life.

My mother had kept us apart...
told each of us the other was dead...
this was before the Internet boomed.
Before we all had cell phones. All those lost years. Then he died. We shared a birthday.

We never got to share that birthday together. So, every year since '97 that day has haunted me. It was nothing special as a child...no presents...no cake!   It COULD HAVE BEEN so special if Dad had...

Her girlfriends took her out Friday afternoon for her birthday
This was her 40th
That Sunday her & her husband were leaving for a Mediterranean Cruise
That was his gift to her
He was deeply in love with her
There was also a close bond between the two of them
About ten years ago she helped her husband overcome drugs & alcohol
He was hooked for years
Almost lost his job, family, house and his own life because of these addictions
It was tough for him
Many times he fell off but he persevered and kept on pushing forward
One day,...