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Many happy returns, DG.

While my mother and didn't share the exact date for birthdays, ours were only two days apart. I kinda know how you feel. Hang in there.

Happy birthday DG to you and your Mum. She will be there helping you blow out the candles I am sure.

Well, this isn't going to be the happiest of birthdays for you. Best wishes anyway!

My son (now 13) and I share a birthday, and I'm hoping that as he grows up we can stay as close as you and your mother were. That's the real gift.

I doubt that your mother would have minded sharing the day one bit - there's something pretty special in having a day that's just for the two of you, even if it is pretty much taken up with catering and housework.

My best wishes to you, DG.

Hi DG,

I'm also In my forties. I lost my mum last year but I'm sorry to say we weren't as close as you and yours. I read your posting with a little envy for the great connection you had there. But I also know the emotional ride that sent you to her childhood home. In my case I only really understood my mother after her death, thing surfaced that make me realize how hard a life she had and how much she overcome. Please be happy for such a great friendship and such a close relationship. Those are rarer than you think in this world in my experience.

Birthday greetings to you and your mother, and to your family who celebrate that each of you are/were in their lives. Keep those memories alive.

Happy birthday, hope you had/have a safe trip up, will be thinking of you somewhere around lunchtime :-)

Feliz cumpleaƱos!

Happy Birthday DG - and happy memories of all those shared birthdays.
Have a special day :-)
EP

... and by the way, I really don't think 44 and 9 months (as you were at Christmas) can possiby be called "middle aged"... *can it*?

Happy birthday, despite the sad circumstances this year. Seeing my dad this evening for his birthday (which was yesterday) and your post is making me take it less for granted that I may usually have done. Best wishes

I hope the day in its own way can be a celebration for you and your family.

My mom's birthday is the day after mine, and I've often thought of how she stopped having her own birthday at age 29 (not that she has ever seemed to mind.) It's been a nice coincidence for our family, as indeed it has been for yours. Thank you for reminding us how fleeting our time with our parents can be. Best wishes for you and yours today.

A sad time, but you won't ever truly be alone on your birthday. The 9th March will always be chock full of memories and from the sound of her, your mum will be right in your ear telling you to get on and celebrate for both of you.

For me, Mothering Sunday is the worst. I used to buy three bunches of flowers - for me, my mum and my ma-in-law. Now I put them all in the same vase on my kitchen windowsill and mourn quietly to myself.

Happy birthday DG and here's to your lovely mother and all absent friends, every one of them.

Happy Birthday to you
My mum was determined to have one more birthday so I was born the day after her. My son was born a week earlier so we have had the tradition of "the birthday weekend" when we all gather to celebrate for the last 20 years. It would be wonderful to think it could last forever. Take care of yourself.She's always there for you.

Happy birthday, DG. I'm sure your mum will be watching over you today, as always. :-)

Hope the day goes as well as it can and is full of good and happy memories, DG.

Happy birthday, Geezer.

Happy birthday DG. Just as well you didn't get to see inside No 52 - I'm sure you would have been disappointed with what the latest owner had done to it, much better in your imagination.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uoRr5I5P3U

Many happy returns of the day, and may you live a life without regrets.


happy birthday DG. look after your dad

I hope that this is a special day for you DG and brings more happy memories than sad thoughts. Take care of yourself.

A.

Somewhat strangely, I woke up in the middle of last night thinking about the houses my mum has lived in. I managed to get back to sleep while trying to add the door numbers. Now in the cold light of day, I find that the total is 1073. The significance of this is... erm, incalculable.
Happy Birthday DG, and many more to come.

Good health, luck, experiences & contentment for your next memorable trip around the sun. ((cyber-hug))


Maybe not the easiest of birthdays, but the most important gift you have already received: all the grace and love she brought to your life. Happy Birthday, DG.

I'm 56 , I still have my Mum : Dad passed away 10 years ago , when he was 80: it 's a blessing when you have such precious memories , of having been able to have this close bond together with a parent and having shared a few decades together ; take care of your Dad and yourself , bon anniversaire ,

Happy Birthday DG, on this most bittersweet of days. I was supposed to be my dad's 30th birthday present but I was a week late so I can relate to this special bond...

Happy Birthday DG, thanks for all the gifts you give us during the year.

Keep treasuring the memories.

CF

Happy birthday DG, my first birthday without my mum as well just coming up.
Not sure how it will be but we just soldier on I guess.
Raise a glass and remember how lucky you were to have such a wonderful relationship with a wonderful lady.

What a touching post - best wishes for your Birthday. Your mother will always be with you in memory - enjoy the day for both of you.

I can remember the strong impulses to connect to history and to roots that came up when my Dad died. One is not always at one's most socially polished at these monents, but tant pis: until we have the wit, as a society, to revert to wearing the black armbands of mourning, apparently odd stuff will be happening on our doorsteps.

Happy Birthday today, DG! The first of everything without a precious person is always hard: Xmas, Easter, all the public and private festivals. Weep and rejoice.

KE

Many happy returns - hope the day goes well for you

All the best for your birthday DG, enjoy the memories and I hope they begin to temper the sadnesses later as the rawness subsides. Thanks for the blog.

Happy Birthday.

I share my birthday with my sister (we're not twins) precisely 9 months after my mother's birthday... she always swore it was just a coincidence though

Happy birthday DG. You and your mum will always share that special bond. Keep the Norfolk tradition going, remember the good times, and your Mum will never be far away.

Yes Happy Birthday DG - hope everything went fine today.

DG,

God Bless

R

I hope you're having a happy and comforting birthday, and best wishes for the upcoming twelve months.

Happy Birthday.

Hope it's been a good day for all the family.

Have been thinking of you and your family today, DG, on this very difficult day.
Commiserations over the encounter with the house-owner. Impossible to adequately describe your intentions to a complete stranger.
Hopefully, with time to reflect, his instinctive territorial defensiveness will have given way to a more civilised understanding.

A very Happy Birthday to you. My wife doesn't do blogs (so is not aware of the coincidence) but it is her birthday today as well, so I'll now never forget yours - or your mother's.

Thank you once again for the fascinating breadth and depth of stories about our ever more impressive capital city.

And by the way, I didn't reinstall Windows quick enough to get a ticket for Brunel Tunnel on Saturday - so waiting in interest for your write up. If anyone ends up with a spare please let me know right up to the last minute (I'm in town on Saturday with my i
et phone so post a reply to this blog - thanks).

Feliz cumpleaƱos!

My sympathies to you, DG. My mother died two years ago and I can tell you that while there is no prescribed way of mourning, it is a path. You are on the early part of that path and it pulls at my heart to read your raw emotions because it brings back my own feelings. Your mum's birthday will always be a different day but it won't always be as difficult as this year. The surge of emotion you'll always feel will bring you closer to her and your grief will evolve into --- well, I don't know what exactly, but something that allows you to continue with your own life. The empty hole won't ever go away (I don't think), but the air rushing through it won't always be as cold as it is today.

DG

A lump just appeared in my throat as I read your very eloquent post. It makes me realise how lucky I am to still have my mother and will spoil her this Sunday.

ChrisW




Happy birthday DG. I share my birthday with my mum, I'm not too sure if it was a blessing or a curse. Take care.

Happy belated birthday DG
All the best fella
Cxx

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