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Robert Staughton Lynd

Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a second sun has risen.

Birthday

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The author is saying that birthdays, particularly our own, once felt incredibly special and joyful, lighting up our lives in a powerful way. This feeling is compared to the bright and life-giving presence of a second sun rising in the sky.

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I sing a little bit. I got a guitar for my 16th birthday.

And I was very shy as a kid if you sang me 'Happy Birthday,' I would cry. Quite shy. So the idea of being an actor, much less a model, was just out of this world.

I used to go down every year for the remembrance of Elvis' birthday. Memphis State College invited me to sit in the auditorium and speak to the people for one of those Elvis days.

Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.

Lucy took care of me on the set, and made sure that none of the crew cussed around me. She also had birthday parties for me and made sure that they were well attended.

With a recent birthday, I've been acting now for twenty years.