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.
There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because...
I sing a little bit. I got a guitar for my 16th birthday.
An important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children be used in the first steps of learning to read and write.