Uploaded on February 29, 2012

Today’s my first real birthday,
But I’m not one—I’m four!
I guess there aren’t many boys
Who always grow up more

Than their birthdays say
They have. It’s fun, but sort of queer,
To have your birthday on a day
That comes just in leap year!

—Kathryn Jackson
The Golden Book of 365 Stories


02.29.2024: How glorious that I chose to get back to this project in another Leap Year.