Angels on Earth magazine

Birthday Buddies

“MOMMY, CAN WE GET cupcakes for my birthday? Please?”

I cringed at the thought of having to hit the grocery store on a Tuesday, Senior Citizen Discount Day. We’d already celebrated Norah’s big day. Two of her six siblings were also born in September and for the sake of simplicity we had one big celebration

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