#bestparty

 

Museum item: Uroš Predić, The Merry Brothers, 1887.

Digital item: Candles from an 18th birthday cake

Donor of digital item: Jasmina Stančić

Note from Donor:

The maturing of my son.

The number ‘18’ instead of eighteen candles on a cake. I’m not sure my son was aware of the fact that he was entering a new stage in his life, but I was. I became fearful of the future steps he would have to take from then on, the responsibility for his choices. I questioned if I did my best as a parent in preparing him. Also appreciated those people that helped me raise him. Due to all the things that had happened to us, birthday celebrations were generally kept small. For this one however, we went all out and invited everyone, including those special people that had helped my son and me on numerous occasions over those last 18 yeas.

I suppose that I keep this item safe due to some superstitious fear. Let the rest of your life be successful. I wish you to achieve your dreams, and to be healthy and happy.

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*For more stories from the Stančić family scan the following Museum items.