A silent ‘happy birthday’
Birthdays are markers of time, moments for reflection, celebration and often, humble displays of the small gestures that remind us we are seen. As a child, I basked in the simplicity of my birthdays – the cakes my mother brought, the laughter shared with friends, the warmth of family gathered around me. But as the years passed, something faded into the background – a silence that grew louder as I grew older.