Birthday Denial

Many people go into denial when they approach a milestone birthday. They have problems accepting the passage of time and the realization of mortality. Some go so far as to ignore the event totally in a foolish attempt to stop time’s advancement. Few, however, become too upset about another person’s landmark birthday, but Benji did. He thought it should have been his birthday. We have celebrated so many birthdays since Benji’s (four months ago) that he believed surely it must be time for his next birthday again. When asked to sing “Happy Birthday” to Pa, Benji would say “not Pa’s birthday; BeBe birthday”. Davey calls Benji “BeBe”. When asked if it was Trey Davey’s birthday too he said, “no, not Pa’s birthday, not Davey’s birthday, BeBe’s birthday.” I think he convinced Uncle Stephen.