May 21 2008
How do you celebrate a milestone?
Milestones in life happen once in a while. They are markers on our journey: a birth, a death, a wedding, a divorce, new job, retirement… we all have them, and in midlife they seem to happen all the time. Everytime I turn around someone is hitting a milestone, or their children are, or their parents.
How do you celebrate the milestones in your life? How do you mark this significant moment? Alone? or with friends? Do you spend a lot of money to show how important the milestone is? (Throw a big party, buy a monstrous gift, take a long vacation?, send the biggest floral arrangement?) Or are you the type to lo-key these events… send a card, call on the phone, do not much of anything?
I remember when my parents finally paid off the mortgage on their house we had a “burning” event. Wasn’t really a party, just a few of us in the backyard setting the documents on fire. Small but meaningful. And memorable.
How do you celebrate those meaningful moments?
