Birthday Candles - In the early years of your life, you look forward to the number of birthday candles on your cake going up in number. As time goes on, however, there may come a time when you don’t want to count the number of candles on your cake and you want something a little different. Even worse, there will come a day when your cake is nothing but candles because your age is something that required multi-packs of birthday candles.
The most anticipated birthdays for most people are perhaps twelve, sixteen, and twenty-one. After that, who really cares Not that nay age is bad. I thought I would loathe turning thirty, when in reality it never bothered me a bit. In fact, I took it as a turning point from being young and stupid to being a little wiser, but still a little stupid. I realize now that being older can be better than being young, even though you could have never told me that when there were only sixteen birthday candles on my cake. I’m not so sure that I will have the same feeling when I am approaching forty, but I do have to admit that my thirties so far have been the best years of my life, perhaps the forties will be even better.
When you get older, you may skip the birthday candles or the cake all together. That doesn’t mean everyone else will though, and you may find that your friends have a wonderful sense of humor. There are birthday candles I have seen that are definitely not for the faint of heart. If you don’t think seeing a tombstone birthday candle on your cake is very funny, you might just have to hide out on your birthday, or perhaps just remember your friends are having fun with you. Fun is something you should never stop having, no matter how old you are.
You can find birthday candles that are much more than that, however. There are trick candles that keep relighting even after they have been blown out ten times. These are a favorite of mine. You can also find birthday candles in the shape of your child’s favorite entertainer. If you look, you can find a birthday candle that will fit almost any personality and any age. Remember that age is more than a number, many of us are still young at heart, and we went the birthday candles to reflect that.
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