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Category: birthdays

All Those Messy Holidays

On June 19, 2022June 19, 2022 By mapelbaIn birthdays, change, dad, Father's Day, holidays, life, time1 Comment

Holidays can be rough. Take today. Not all dads are awesome. Not all dads are here. Not all dads look like dads. I mean, what is a dad exactly? Okay, that's not really where I wanted to go with this. What holiday is rough for you? I'm a mom and like being wished a Happy …

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Heading toward the New Year

On December 24, 2021 By mapelbaIn birthdays, Christmas, gratitude, happiness, hope, life, New Year, time3 Comments

What are you looking forward to? I've had a hard time thinking of a topic that isn't gloomy, but I don't want to focus on gloom today. The Christmas lights are on. This year our tree is made of books, which are themselves made out of trees, so we're not far from tradition. Putting a …

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Earthly Birthdays

On January 17, 2020February 15, 2020 By mapelbaIn aging, birthdays, dad, memoir, memories, memory, mom, New Year, past, rabbits, time4 Comments

My mother would be 76 years old today if she were around to experience such earthly things as birthdays. Now I for one don't believe in heaven or hell, but should these places exist, do the dead celebrate birthdays? I would think not. "I'm 202 years old now, 64 of those years on Earth." Would …

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