days until Bridget’s 50th birthday

The film everybody went to see: "The Way we Were"

Day: 16
Year: 1989
Age: teenage
Location: Cleveland

Bumbershoot, which mostly featured jazz

Day: 15
Year: 1988
Age: teenage
Location: Cleveland

World Trade Center opened, Sears Tower finished

Day: 14
Year: 1987
Age: teenage
Location: Cleveland

First cellular phone call happened

Day: 13
Year: 1986
Age: teenage
Location: Cleveland

Roe v Wade went down in '73

Day: 12
Year: 1985
Age: pre-teen
Location: Cleveland

What else turns 50 in 2023? Hip Hop

Day: 11
Year: 1984
Age: pre-teen
Location: Cleveland

Bridget is ten has kissed a boy

Day: 10
Year: 1983
Age: pre-teen
Location: Cleveland
Gift: Yes, coming when I see you next
Bonus: Yes, a song

Catholic school girl, no surprise, a good student

Day: 9
Year: 1982
Age: child
Location: Cleveland

Older sister to younger sisters

Day: 8
Year: 1981
Age: child
Location: Cleveland

Always accomplished, always competent, always driven

Day: 7
Year: 1980
Age: child
Location: Cleveland

Balance of push and pull, soft and hard

Day: 6
Year: 1979
Age: child
Location: Cleveland

Father showed the resilience of tenderness

Day: 5
Year: 1978
Age: child
Location: Cleveland

Mother showed industry, takes no guff

Day: 4
Year: 1977
Age: toddler
Location: Cleveland

Surrounded by family, Italian, Scotch-Irish, Croatian

Day: 3
Year: 1976
Age: toddler
Location: Cleveland

First daughter of two, not done growing themselves

Day: 2
Year: 1975
Age: toddler
Location: Cleveland

"Cleveland," she told me later. "Everybody is still in Cleveland."

Day: 1
Year: 1974
Age: toddler
Location: Cleveland

Newborn splashes into the world, 50 years ago + 50 days

Day: 0
Year: 1973
Age: infant
Location: Cleveland
Gift: Yes, see package
Bonus: Yes, a song

What is this?

A celebration of you. A countdown of 50 days to your 50th birthday. Some presents and surpises along the way. Some recognition of who you are and why I love the you that you are. Happy birthday season, BB. Thank you for letting me celebrate you.