Born on this Date

“Born on This Date”: Normally I brush past that little item in the daily horoscope.  “Romance blooms! You are strong and supple! Watch for a windfall early next week!” Baloney, right? But there's one site I know of with such amazingly detailed accounts of the behaviors associated with each sign you really have to go there to check it out. I know they nailed the Gemini I gave birth to; he says so himself.The newspaper has quotes by famous people born on a particular day too of course. Irish Novelist Edna Farber is a December 15 baby and she once said, “in a way winter is the real spring, the time when the inner things happen.” I like that.Her birthday ‘twin’ and fellow writer Muriel Rukeyser said something nice too: “The universe is made of stories, not atoms.” I like that even more.Even famous 12/15 rich guy J. Paul Getty thought up a pearl of wisdom: “Getting results through people is a skill that cannot be learned in the classroom. “ (Hmmm. You can kind of see why HE didn’t become a poet. )All three of 'my' born-on-December-15th people are on my mind today. One has been my 'sister' since 1983 when she married David's brother Jeffrey. One is a lad dear to me both for his candor and his poet’s soul.  (He is, in fact, a poet-in-training.) And the third was my mother-in-law Ruth Payne Marotta who over the years gave me some of the best advice I have ever received. (Example: "It’s bad enough you're succeeding at your own marriage; don’t succeed at hers.")To any and all with December birthdays then! We’re a week away from the year’s shortest day; let’s quote Edna again and say Winter's the time when the inner things happen.. Let's light ALL the candles tonight and get 'inner' ourselves.

(and Happy Birthday, Ruthie in heaven We miss you more than we can say.)