Glennon Doyle

I just love the little things about birthdays.

So in our family, we always start everyone's birthday with breakfast in bed.

Even now, like if the kids are at our house...

Craig comes over at like 6 a.m., all like bleary-eyed with his coffee.

And we all hang out outside the hallway of whoever's birthday it is.

And then we start singing and walk into the bedroom.

And, you know, when they were little, they'd wake up and their eyes would be all big.

And they'd be so—because now they're teenagers.

And they're like, ugh.

But they would be so upset if we didn't do it.

And then we sing together.

happy birthday.

And then we have our annual family argument about the birthday song because I insist that the birthday song is done wrong because it sounds like a dirge.

It's like, it's a dirge, a funeral song.

It's like,

Right.

Which is better and sounds better and sounds like we're happy you were born.

And we're not sad you were born.

And also it just takes too long the other way.

So I have been on a long mission to change the birthday song.