{"id":15053,"date":"2017-03-14T00:02:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T06:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mops.org\/?p=1790"},"modified":"2017-03-14T00:02:55","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T06:02:55","slug":"the-unbirthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/the-unbirthday\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unbirthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In Lewis Carroll\u2019s Alice in Wonderland<\/i>, Alice stumbles upon a rather strange tea party in which she encounters the Mad Hatter and the March Hare known by all as utterly nutty. These poor fellows find themselves trapped in a constant battle with Time, but still they manage to celebrate. Alice is drawn into their festivities and later learns they are celebrating an unbirthday which makes perfect sense when explained with the logic that one has 364 days in which to receive an unbirthday present and only one day to celebrate one\u2019s day of birth.<\/p>\n

The story is whimsical and silly, but in reality couldn\u2019t we all use a little more whimsy \u2014 a little more freedom to celebrate? Holidays are signified by special occasions or days off work, but life is so much richer than that. Our souls need to celebrate, we were created to enjoy life, to live fully alive, to awaken to wonder!<\/p>\n

So, why celebrate? It\u2019s universal! Celebration is a bright thread running through the tapestry of every life. So many of us carry around more pain than we can speak of, camouflaging our grief with pleasant answers and rehearsed lines, but the only way we can truly flourish is to be real. Celebration is contagious, and it pulls us out of our own mess and reminds us that no matter what is going on \u2014 we have solidarity in joy!<\/p>\n

Celebration takes vulnerability, and sometimes it can be scary to choose joy when your heart is beyond weary. As mommies, we have an incredible gift in our children, for they are great teachers of awe and wonder. Kids don\u2019t need a reason to celebrate; it\u2019s just part of who they are. If you ever need help understanding what it means to truly delight in life, try viewing your day through the eyes of your little one. Allow yourself to live life a little unhinged, take a step of faith and a deep plunge into celebration. Mark your calendar with joy and find pockets of wonder in the midst of ordinary living. Create your own celebration and invite your loved ones to party with you, because the reasons to celebrate are endless.<\/p>\n

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This originally appeared in\u00a0Hello, Dearest<\/em>\u00a0Fall 2015. If you didn\u2019t get a copy and would like your own, you can\u00a0subscribe<\/a>\u00a0to get\u00a0Hello, Dearest<\/em>\u00a0in your mailbox every season. If you subscribe, forward your receipt to\u00a0magazines@mops.org<\/a>\u00a0and we\u2019ll shoot a copy of the current issue in the mail to you for free \u2026 just because we like you.<\/p>\n

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Asha Grinnell is a lover of adventure, family dance parties and spending time by the sea. She is married to the man of her dreams and a mama to two little darlings who keep her on her knees and her toes. Follow her at onlytruenorth.com.<\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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