A Parent’s Birthday Dilemma

My son just celebrated his 30th birthday. He must be a little sensitive to the passing of time because, just a couple days before the big event, he asked me, out of the blue, “You’re not planning some stupid party for me, are you?” Well, I wasn’t. That would require planning ahead, which isn’t my strong suit anymore. My kids are adults, they can just deal with it. The first thing I thought,…