Birthday Cake

There was a season when I celebrated my birthday in Asia every year (China, Hong Kong, Thailand) because it always fell during the KKI leadership team meetings that we held in that part of the world during the run-up to the Beijing Olympics. In this new season, having my birthday during the Leadership Development Course in Europe is beginning to be a regular occurrence. Amidst the rather full LDC schedule, there's not a lot of time to add in extra celebrations, and yet we still manage to make everyone's birthday a little bit special for them. Several children and adults celebrate their birthdays during these six weeks that we're spending together. This week, I blew out the candles on a chocolate cake large enough for all fifty delegates and staff to have a slice, and then in the evening I went out for ice cream with some of the LDC staff.