To me birthday is still one of the greatest day of the year. It's my day, it's the day when I was born. In some strange way I feel myself kind of special that day. I don't really care about birthday presents or cakes anymore, but it's nice when people who are important to me, remember my special day. I think you should spend your birthday with your friends and family and have fun. I don't like to be alone on my birthday. My birthday reminds me of summer because I was born in June. Strawberry cakes, friends, family, sunshine and blue sky are the things that come to my mind when I think about my birthday. Growing older isn't very important anymore, it is more about the feeling that I get on my special day.

Text and cloth: Reetta-Kaisa Laitinen

Collected: Raili Kärkkäinen & Mikko Halonen