Word: birthdaying
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...that the circumspect London Times in 1980 judged her to be probably the most popular royal personage of all time. Britons were inclined to believe that her resplendent smile would never fade. Despite failing health, she managed to greet thousands of well-wishers outside her home on her 101st birthday celebration last August with a raised glass of champagne. Only seven weeks ago, although grief stricken and looking frail, she insisted on attending the funeral of her 71-year-old daughter, Princess Margaret. Last Saturday afternoon, her job well done, the Queen Mother died in her sleep at Royal Lodge...
...thrown out of the race and it was my birthday,” Lambert said...
Nearly three months passed before I heard from her again. And then, one fine February day, Shelley was invited to another 21st birthday party. This one was a surprise party, which perhaps was what elicited her giddy response...
...21st birthday, indeed...
...anything else about her (besides her complete family history, of course). First amused, then annoyed, then sucked in by her mysterious identity, I will continue to wonder—and to wade faithfully through scores of Harvard Secular Society e-mails as I wait expectantly for another errant 21st birthday party invitation to bring her back into my life...