My daughter and my brother weren’t able to make it, but my nephew (who turned 16 three days before my 55th), my niece, sister and brother-in-law joined Shando and me today. Someone had given me a princess tiara, so I adorned that as they sang over a pride cake.

I joked that since it was technically the day after pride month, they should have insisted on half-price!

My nephew and niece are so big!