In addition to the promise of spring and Easter, these can be challenging years for families, and everybody needs a fresh start.
Birthdays make that possible.
For parents, it's a chance to draw the line. Not the line in the sand, the line that you cannot cross over, but the same line you'd use in arithmetic. The one that allows you to add a row of figures and put the total aside. Birthdays are about starting over and putting new numbers on the board. Someone reminded me this week that kids, no matter how old, need victories.