Twenty years ago my Mom turned 50 and no one threw her a party. She has been upset about that all this time. Soooo....
We had a surprise 70th birthday party for her this past weekend. Man, am I glad that's over. My poor Dad hasn't slept in two weeks! He was afraid he'd talk in his sleep and spill the beans.
The neat thing about this party was the whole town (pop. 100) knew about this and kept it from her. I was amazed. I thought for sure someone would slip. Anyway, about 80 people showed up and out of those 80, nine travelled about 240 miles to celebrate with her. It was great seeing her so happy, visiting with friends and calling the family horrible names! All in all, she had a wonderful time and my Dad is looking forward to some well deserved sleep.