Her birthday was the worst. All recognizing it did was force her to recall all of the years that she'd been alive on the Earth. Most of them hadn't been good. She felt older each passing year, sometimes too old for the number of years she'd actually seen. While some souls might see it as an excellent time to be thankful that they were still alive, she saw them merely as reminders that she was that much closer to death. Even witches and wizards didn't live forever.