/tags/celebrating-the-deceased/Recent content in Celebrating-the-Deceased on Late BloomsHugoen-usWed, 25 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000/posts/celebrating-life-birth-days-death-days/Wed, 25 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000/posts/celebrating-life-birth-days-death-days/<p><em><strong>Birthdays are celebrations of life when you are present to celebrate and can be actively involved in the celebration.  A &ldquo;Celebration of Life&rdquo; for you happens when you&rsquo;re no longer around for the celebration - you&rsquo;re dead.  (Jean)</strong></em></p> <p>Thankfully, I&rsquo;m around for this year&rsquo;s celebration of my birthday today.  I have been actively involved in expressing the way in which I want to spend this birthday.  At times, my life&rsquo;s journey has felt like being on a  roller-coaster ride and other times like a cruise ship sailing smoothly along.</p>