A Birthday

I ran into one of my students today in the commons area at lunch time. She was toting a nice vase full of red roses, with a little card. I asked her about them and she said, "They are for my birthday!"

"Nice!" I said, "did you know that it is my birthday, too?"

"No Way! Really?"

I showed her my driver's license, indicating that 41 years ago today, my mother brought me into the world.

"That's so cool, Mr. B.!"

Then we talked about what we were getting for birthday gifts and so forth.

Sort of a nice way to make a connection....