Candlelighting

Grandma and Grandpa, come light candle #1.

Grandma and Grandpa, you are always there for me...to take me to the moviesor sleep over and watch me succeed in school. You live a distance away from my home; but because you are closest in my heart, please light candle #1.


Aunt Carol, Uncle Wayne, Aunt Sandy and Uncle Peter, come light candle #2.

Aunt Carol and Uncle Wayne, you came all the way from Manitoba, Canada just to join me. Aunt Sandy, I can't wait for you to join my family and Uncle Peter, because you are my favorite toy, please light candle #2.


Cousins Sylvia and Arnold and Cousin Elaine and Cousin Connie, come light candle #3.

Sylvia and Arnold, thank you for coming from all the way upstate today. That b'day party for Elaine last year was a blast. Connie, because you are ready anytim we need any photographic advice, please light candle #3.


Cousins Gert, Edith and Jack and Cousins Jean and Lenny, come light candle #4.

Edith, Jack and Gert, you mix up the meanest ice cream sodas this side of Brooklyn. Cousins Jean and Lenny, because you came all the way from Florida and gave up the beach, please light candle #4.


Aunt Eleanor, Cousin Harvey, Cousins Maris and Andy, come light candle #5.

Aunt Eleanor, you are exquisite and lovely. Maris and Andy, I am lucky that you could both be here at the same time. *wink* Harvey, because I could never fool you during an exam, and boy did I try, please light candle #5.


Cousins Vi and Jay, Cousins Mel and Brenda, and Cousins Elsie and Jake, come light candle #6.

Elsie and Jake, do you still have iguanas and tortoises? Mel and Brenda, mazel tov. Vi and Jay, because your homes are my homes, please light candle #6.


Sherry and Marlaina Shaharabany, Lee Posniack and Adam Dube, come light candle #7.

Because you are more like family to me and we are all growing up together, please light candle #7.


Cousins Jeanie Mary and Phillip, come light candle #8.

Mary and Phillip, thank you for traveling the four corners of the earth, all the way from L.I. Ha ha. Jeanie, because you had a double mazel tov, please light candle #8.


Beverly, come light candle #9.

For all the trips to the musuems, for all the trips to the aquarium, for all the times you yell at me when I bug you and all the hugs you give me when I don't, and for all the times you have been there for my family, I love you and please light candle #9.


Will all my friends come light candle #10.

To my friends from camp, to my friends from Hebrew School, to my friends from school, to my kid cousins and to those I have known all my life, you are all special to me. Will Matthew and Mara please lead the lighting of candle #10.


Andy, come light candle #11.

Andy, I love you and because you are 11, please light candle #11.


Mom and Dad, come light candle #12.

Mom and dad, I apologize for anything I did in the past. I also apologize in advance fro all my teen years. Thank you so much for my party and please light candle #12.


Soon it will be my turn to be thrown around in a chair. I light candle #13 and say, "Happy Birthday to ME!!! Yeah!!! I am finally 13!!!




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