birthday wish

A friend sent me the usual birthday greeting e-mail.  He ended it by asking about my birthday wish.  That made me think about my birthday celebration last week.  It was raining hard as Japan was in the middle of a typhoon (soon after, an earthquake followed). 
The point is, my birthday celebration usually comes before or after major tragedies.  Even my grandmother, who raised me and acted as my surrogate mom, died two days after my 21st birthday.  The worst was 7 years ago - death came to a favorite relative exactly on the day of my birth.  I had a birthday wish then and I thought it will never come true.  Well 7 years after, it did - finally, I was celebrating my birthday on a Friday the 13th and I didn't feel like as if I was amidst some horror movie.  It went pretty ordinary - no fuss, no guest, no pressure - just those e-mails and phone calls.  I was also kinda happy that the rain and gloomy weather were still present.
The following day, I saw myself enjoying the cafe work.  I am actually getting to know some of the regular Japanese participants.  It felt like I was just conversing with friends.
Until, headlines come in again and there were the reports of deaths from the typhoon and the earthquake.  Still, for those 2 days - I got the birthday wish that I had 7 years ago, everything was perfect....