Funny thing in my family, birthdays are. My mother and brother were born in November. My dad and I both have December birthdays. My dad's brother also had a December birthday (Dec. 24, to be exact.) Every birthday in our house fell between Nov. 2 and Dec. 29.

I didn't mean to say that my parents didn't honour my birthday. In fact, they went out of their way to make sure that I had a party, and separate birthday gifts. It was just my friends, and my aunts and uncles who would give my brother a separate birthday gift, but not me. I felt jipped growing up, but not anymore.