Tomorrow I will be 86 years old
It never occurred to me that instead of a celebration I would tell my family....."No birthday cake, no presents, no anything. I am too depressed about what has happened to our country". I have photos going back to 1939 of my Happy Birthdays. This will be the only time there will be no photo!
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homegirl! 
Celebrate your wonderful self because you are on the good side of humanity. Let your light shine for the rest of us to follow!!!
Happy Birthday (from a soon seventy niner)
for ourselves and our Families.
Thank Goodness We Have DU to Learn what's going on, communicate with kindred Spirits, and Rant and Rave!
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Pls don't let kraznov deprive you & your family & friends of celebrating!
and reason to celebrate* all of y‘all who‘ve made a path for the rest of us. Our family will celebrate your light in the world, too.
*Pinsa with roasted red onions, red bell pepper, green and yellow zucchini, ham, and mozzarella + vegan chocolate pudding to offset the ham and mozzarella. 
These beloved DUers are not always “elders.” We here at Casa *insert hyphenated American-Italian surname* celebrate you, too, malaise. 
You’re a DU treasure.
Thank you for being here, Permanut.
?w=676Ping Tung. Time flies but one’s light in the world is infinite.
Happy birthday and so very glad you are here.
I’ll be 69 next week. We plan to celebrate. I hope you’ll celebrate your life tomorrow. Please let them take a photo, for them.
Yes, it’s horrible that we have to spend our golden years in such a mess. Still, as the saying goes, where there’s life, there’s hope. 
Happy Birthday!
We celebrate you! Thank you for being here, OLDMDDEM.
Celebrate with family and friends, look back fondly at the many accomplishments of your life! Do not let the orange felon rob you of your joy. As the old adage goes - "The best revenge is living well".
Happy 80-ish to us all, and thanks for our 'kiddies.'
Despite the :poop: going on all around us, I’m inspired by you and so many others in this community.
allow others to love you. 
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Have a happy birthday whatever you do!
Today I turned 77.
It's a great time of the year, and I plan to spend the day enjoying the fabulous weather, organizing (cause that's what Virgos do), and working in my garden. Tonight we'll go for sushi and have some of the fabulous flourless chocolate cake the restaurant has for dessert.
Take that celebratory photo - don't let the Dementors win.
Listen to some some Motown music and reminisce about the good times you did have.
This too shall pass.
When life gets you down .....EAT CAKE!
take the day -- TAKE THE WHOLE WEEKEND -- off from the stress, the sadness, the anger and the madness and the fucking news. fuck all that shit!
you're 86!! and that's wonderful. 
do something nice for yourself. cake, coffee cake, candies? eat some food you enjoy -- maybe something you haven't had in awhile.
BECAUSE IT'S YOUR 86TH BIRTHDAY! JUST DO IT!!!
wear a hat. carry a feather and pretend it's magical. see family (tell them you changed your mind), talk to them, talk to friends, attend your birthday in pajamas or wear something you like wearing. watch a favorite movie (no politics)
you've outlived you know who already so go ahead and be glad about that. take a photo or selfie -- flip him off and then let all the bullshit go.
your birthday is on a friday which means you can treat yourself (and let family treat you) for 3 days! THREE DAYS!!!
go out in nature and fall in love with your surroundings.
please don't let those assholes ruin this time for you; a time that deserves to be special and happy for you. don't give the bad guys that power to control you. (they don't deserve that power)
take a breath.
be happy for all those happy birthdays you've had. go ahead and miss them and miss those times. you're lucky you have those lovely memories. it's not over. you still have time to create some new and warm memories (both for you and for those who will be a part of your special weekend)
go out of your way and make that effort. i'm afraid if you don't you'll end up feeling bad that you didn't.
(and i'd love to see a selfie of you flipping the bird to you know who!) 
Put the outside noise away and think about the years you celebrate. Don't let the bad guys win. You do you! Happy birthday and congratulations.
Happy Birthday!
Spend your birthday with folks you love and trust and bugger the rest of the world. Happy birthday!
PS I turn 71 today, joing DU in my 40s (just).
These are troubling times, but we need to look for the light wherever we can.
Again, have a wonderful birthday tomorrow.
and I say that as someone who has never in her life had a birthday party 
You are not alone in This! 
Celebrating you and all DUers who—with your tenacity, courage, intelligence and empathy—have made a path forward. Thank you!
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let them take that away.
The current administration is akin to an emotion sucking vampire, they achieve their power by sucking us emotionally dry…don’t feed them.
As you awake and open your eyes…you’ll be on the right side of the grass, even if the sky is cloudy there is blue sky above. To make it as far as you have, I’ll bet you have many scars…what’s one more? Smile throughout the day…pass that smile on to another…it’s a form of resistance.