It feels like nearly everyone I know and love is born in January, including my mother and Martin Luther King Jr., whose birthday is actually on January fifteenth. Because of this, I have lovingly renamed January “The Month the World Was Born.”
My mother embraced her Queen for the day status fully. She had me buy nearly everything on the menu at her favorite Haitian restaurant, along with almost every kind of patty they offered. We finished with a large Haitian cake from the bakery and an array of traditional Haitian beverages to wash it all down.
Last night marked the grand finale with “The Month the World Was Born” party. The event was originally meant to celebrate six of my friends—Carey, KD, Courtney, Kim, and the Thompson sisters. But when I arrived, five more friends surprised me by revealing it was their birthdays as well.
So, it became a true celebration, everyone was invited. In honor of all my wonderful friends, let us sing “Happy Birthday” together, the Stevie Wonder version of course, at the very top of our lungs.
On the count of three, press play on the video below and sing with all your heart. One, two, three! Happy birthday to you!
!OMG! I do not believe in coincidences. I believe everything happens for a reason, and this moment truly validates that belief. I set out to find the video for Stevie Wonder’s “Happy Birthday,” which honestly, I wasn’t even sure existed back then, for our birthday sing-along. I went on YouTube, and there it was—the Stevie Wonder “Happy Birthday” video posted above. Perfect!
Here is where it gets truly interesting. As I started to play the video, I realized something I had never known before. For those who are familiar, you might already know where I am going with this. Up until that moment, I did not realize that Stevie Wonder’s “Happy Birthday” was actually a dedication to the birth of Martin Luther King Jr. How perfect is it that the video I chose to commemorate the birthdays of so many of my family, friends, and the man himself, Martin Luther King Jr., was created specifically for him?
Please take tomorrow as an opportunity to celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday and to continue pushing his dream forward.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL OF YOU AMAZING CAPRICORNS—MY MOTHER, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., MY AUNT ALICE, JUSTIN, CAREY, COURTNEY, KD, KIM, DEE DEE, JARREL, RIKERS, CRYSTAL, CHRIS, REG, AND THE THOMPSON SISTERS. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE BORN IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THIS MONTH. YOU HAVE ALL BEEN INCREDIBLE ADDITIONS TO MY LIFE, AND I THANK THE UNIVERSE FOR BLESSING US WITH YOUR PRESENCE, LOVE, AND SUPPORT. MAY YOUR BIRTHDAYS BRING YOU ALL THAT YOU WISH FOR.
~celebrating life~
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