January – My Musings, My Month

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January – My Musings, My Month

January 17, 2012 by Sharifah

Come January, I celebrate my birthday. Another year in this journey (that can be puzzling, challenging, joyful, mysterious, but often incredible) called life.

When I was a child, I was quite uncomfortable with a January birthday, because it meant that I was one of the first in class to become older! But I soon came to make peace with it.

And there are quite a few January-born people among my relatives, and two of my good friends are January folks. From my observation, most January people are pretty straightforward people, not keen on wiles and backhanded antics.

Admirable famous people born in January include Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King Jr, Dolly Parton, Michelle Obama,the artist Cezanne, and the author Edgar Allan Poe, best known for his stories of macabre and mystery.

I believe Martin Luther King’s words of wisdom ring true for human interaction: that people “…will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”

Happy Birthday to all January people.

The birth month flower, or the flower that symbolizes the month of a person's birth, for January is the carnation. I was drawn to this lovely illustration on a seed packet.

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Posted in Flowers, Life | Tagged birth month flower, birthday, carnation, January, January birthday personality, January flower of the month, Martin Luther King Jr, people born in January | 10 Comments

10 Responses

on January 17, 2012 at 4:43 pm | Reply Harlina

Many happy returns on your birthday!
on January 18, 2012 at 3:31 am | Reply Sharifah

Thank you,Harlina!
on January 18, 2012 at 10:42 pm | Reply alida

January is a lovely month to have a birthday. A few people I know were born in this month.
I find January quite relaxing after the busy madness of Christmas time.
Happy birthday!
on January 20, 2012 at 3:29 pm | Reply Sharifah

Hi Alida. Thank you!
on January 28, 2012 at 1:19 am | Reply utomosetyo

Interesting post. Thanks for sharing.
on January 28, 2012 at 6:40 pm | Reply Sharifah

Thank you for stopping by.
on February 2, 2012 at 4:33 am | Reply engchick23

Thank you for sharing! I have always enjoyed having my birthday at the very beginning of the year and I love the flower of the month, the carnation! I’m a little biased, but I have to say I think January babies are best. Happy belated birthday!
on February 3, 2012 at 4:54 am | Reply Sharifah

Thank you for the greeting. I guess I might be biased too, but I do agree that January babies are best!
on March 2, 2012 at 9:21 pm | Reply Irene Tobias Rodriguez

I have the opposite birthday problem – December. I was one of the youngest in my class (cut off birthdate for entering school was end of the year in those days.) The rest of my family was born in the summer months. My sister-in-law joined me with a birthday just a few days before mine.
Thanks for stopping by my blog.
on March 6, 2012 at 4:46 am | Reply Sharifah

Hi Irene. Thanks for sharing your story about being a December baby.