happy birthday mom

i'm not sure if i posted this story before.  but it's funny.  and it comes up every year for my moms birthday because she has two birthdays.  her birthday is december 17th of the lunar calendar of her birth year.  we never knew what her "normal people" calendar was until i was in my late teens, in college even.  and so one day in mid january, i get a call from esther, "wtf is wrong with you!  you are a bad son!  it's your moms birthday and you didn't even call!!  she just told me when i called your house phone"

"uhhh....it must be december 17th on the lunar calendar today.  a calendar i don't check at all...that's what you get when your mom is a diva and demands two birthday celebrations in one year..."

last year we spent her birthday in taiwan together.  she wished for the same things.  good health.  happy family.  dads health.  son and daughter good work.  son and daughter get married and have kids.  though last year wasn't so pushy about that.  this year, she's making these same comments all over facebook.  all while forwarding proverbs and life stories via email.  

happy birthday mom.