Birthday greetings

Yesterday (January 15) was my birthday. I received over seventy birthday well wishes. One would think that I must have a lot of friends. I guess I do but most of the greetings were on facebook. I also received several text messages and my son Brian did take me out for lunch. This must be the "new normal" but I think I like the way birthdays used to be. You would get real cards from some people (I did get a very nice card from Susan) and then there was cake and candles! And there was always the singing of happy birthday and a round of "Sto lat" while the candles were being blown out. It's just not the same anymore.