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A Long, Long Time Ago

I know it's inappropriate to re-gift a five year-old birthday card (and video below). But for my mother on her Diamond birthday, I'd hate to add anything might make things worse. Or maybe I just did.

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JD Breen
Nov 08, 2023
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St Louis, MO
November 7, 2018

Her own mother, who by all accounts was in the room three score and ten years ago, always acted as if November 10 was the date my mother was born. 

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