THE BIRTHDAY CLUB

Women belong to all sorts of clubs:

Literary * Creative Writing *
Garden * Science *

Pinochle & Bridge *

Hiking * Sports *

Singing * Arts & Crafts * Lapidary * Photography *

Computer * Astronomy * Dance * Acting *

Social * Country *

Red Hatters * Daughters of Utah Pioneers

Relief Society used to be a club.

We received a membership card

when we paid a fee of 50 cents per year.

We have been going to the gym for over 25 years;

I belonged to the Kaysville Literary Art Guild for several years

but for the most part, I’m not a joiner.

I don’t fit in.

 I now belong to one itty-bitty club.

We meet four times a year and go out to lunch on our birthdays.

TA-DAH!!!!

The Birthday Club

Jeanette, Verda, Verla, Carol (Verda & Verla were cheerleaders together in high school.  Before that they were flower girls at my wedding.)

 three sisters and a cousin

with two daughters-in-training.

We catch up on all the news of home

(that’s when our daughters go to sleep)

and family;

current events; politics, religion.

We don’t laugh as much as we used to;

but it’s warm, joyful, and endearing.

DeRay's parents, my mother, Dick, DeRay, Jeanette, Carol-Maid of Honor, Donna, Marilyn, Dolly, Georgia, Lenore; Verla, Verda

Verla & Verda.  1956