“To have a good time my birthday, my companion handled me to 2 nights in Portland, Maine. We stayed on the darling lodge Blind Tiger, loved essentially the most unbelievable meals, and admired gorgeous views from Cape Could. We are going to again to Portland in a heartbeat!” — Jinesa
“For the previous 4 years, I’ve celebrated with two outdated buddies at an off-the-grid cabin. We snowshoe in, pulling sleds with our gear and meals for 2 nights. There’s a hand pump for water, an outhouse, and a wooden range. The primary yr, the temperature inside the cabin was -29 levels Celsius, however we couldn’t have been happier! We felt like ‘hardcore forty-somethings.’ The perfect birthday reward is that this time collectively, regardless of our frenetic lives as working moms.” — Kirsty
“Since I used to be 16, my dad and I’ve celebrated at Saratoga Race Course. We now invite my husband, however we’re clear that my husband is the third wheel to a dad-and-daughter day. Cheering on the horse with the perfect identify, whooping after we win $6, and strolling the grounds with a chilly drink on a sweltering day — it’s all magic.” — Maggie
“Celebrating my birthday by mountain climbing in an African rainforest with my infants is one in every of my favourite recollections.” — Alice
“On my birthday, I had an enormous lunch made by my aunt, among the best house cooks I do know! It was a lot enjoyable spending time with 9 nieces and nephews, and my cousin’s spouse baked a scrumptious Victorian sponge cake. I used to be very pleased concerning the ‘6’ candle, method higher than 33 when you ask me.” — Nazeefah
“I used to be identified with Younger Onset Parkinson’s Illness a month earlier than my birthday, and it had taken a whole lot of uncomfortable exams, scans, ready, and docs’ appointments to get to that prognosis. In brief, 42 sucked laborious. However I’m very fortunate to have wonderful and supportive buddies. One in all them hosted a pajama occasion with this wonderful cake {that a} native bakery made in my favourite taste: lemon.” — Jill
“I didn’t suppose 41 can be a brilliant particular birthday. Mistaken. After spending a pair years making an attempt to have a child (you realize, the let’s cease stopping it & see what occurs, then seems you really need it, then it doesn’t occur for a yr, so that you go to the fertility clinic, you do the the much less invasive stuff for some time, however that results in the actually invasive stuff that takes a whole lot of time & cash & power & emotion & nearly every thing in ya), my forty first birthday was the final day of my life during which I had by no means given start. My son arrived after I was 41 years and someday!” — Ashley
“I used to be impressed by Florine Stettheimer’s follow of creating a birthday bouquet after which portray the association. My take was scooping up flowers from Dealer Joe’s, doing my very own association (counting stems to equal the age I used to be turning), and portray it!” — Diana
“I celebrated my thirty eighth birthday with my first day on set as a TV author/producer, a dream I’ve been working towards for 15 years. It was one in every of my greatest birthdays ever.” — Sarah
“I stole away with my companion, my sister and her husband, and our two canines to California’s Lassen Nationwide Park. Below an almost full moon, we took the canoe for a midnight cruise. There, in the course of the lake, we sat and witnessed how the recent snow dampened all sound. It was simply us and the frogs and a resident heron — I can’t think about a extra magical strategy to flip the yr.” — Holly
“In 2022, I noticed I’d lived in Scotland for a pair years however nonetheless hadn’t taken myself on a vacation — so, for my birthday I deliberate a solo weekend journey into the Highlands! I took a scenic prepare route, and someday went to small fishing city, which felt prefer it was on the finish of the world. Breathtaking views, dramatic mountains, an incredible homicide thriller to look at, and many wet walks as I celebrated turning 28.” — Karman
“My birthday custom is spending the night time alone at my favourite lodge, soaking within the tub with a shower bomb, and getting a brand new tattoo. That is me celebrating 39 years! — Ingvild
What birthdays have you ever liked? I’m feeling so impressed!!!! It’s truly my forty fourth at present!
P.S. Birthday cheese, and two birthday revelations.