Birthday Wishes - Comments

I really love this paragraph:
Richard did nothing. He didn't cry. He didn't hug his mother back. He just sat there, not quite knowing what was happening. How could his father be dead if the sun had risen? If the birds were singing? If the post had been delivered? The news would still be broadcast that day with no mention of Richard's father, and the radio would still play music. People would still go to work, cars would still drive outside, shops and restaurants and theatres and bars would be open, and yet Richard was supposed to believe that his father had died? The world would continue to spin with no notice to this tragedy?
:)

this was cute. definitely not something I was expecting so I really enjoyed that factor.
you could have extended more on certain points in the story, to really cause more of an emotional impact on a reader, but I really like it.

You know, this is adorable. Normally, I don't like stories about small children told in third person, but this is nicely done.
And I especially like the diary entry and the nine year old lingo. ;)