Today is my birthday, and I am 45 years old. I don’t generally celebrate my birthday, I’ve had so many disappointing birthdays where people I thought were friends cancelled plans with me that I learned to protect myself by not making any. 21st birthday Take my 21st birthday, at the time I had only 1 close friend, and we had planned to go out for a night of dancing. The day before she told me she couldn’t make it, I can’t remember the excuse she …
