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Apr 15, 2013 10:16

I don't know how you folks all feel about visiting your parents (if indeed, you have parents to visit, still living, or still spoken to, or maybe a place where you feel close to your parents when they've left this earth), but my visits are sometimes fraught -- with old gripes, old wounds, old patterns that just won't be. But age can be a great ( Read more... )

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irismay42 April 15 2013, 17:28:55 UTC
Happy birthday! I'm glad you're getting to spend it in such special surroundings! x

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qultng1 April 15 2013, 19:22:07 UTC
Hope you had a most awesome birthday! It certainly does sound like it couldn't have been better. Been where you are and soooooo glad you're able to do what I wasn't. Such a blessing! *hugs*

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quickreaver April 15 2013, 19:43:21 UTC
Happy birthday, and good luck on finding a new home for Dead Roads! I'm still incredibly excited for it, however it arrives...

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tabaqui April 15 2013, 21:21:55 UTC
Many happy returns of the day, my dear. :)

I have always enjoyed visiting with my parents, though we've had our arguments and blow-ups. But yes - as everyone gets older, you realize that nothing is as important as connecting, remembering, and just *being* with the people who, for better or worse, brought you into the world.

*hugs*

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lindahoyland April 16 2013, 02:10:12 UTC
Wishing you a happy birthday and a good year ahead with good health for your parents.

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