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Be my contact on FlickrYesterday was November 15. Yesterday I should have been going to a certain place that I have been going to EVERY YEAR since 2000 on November 15. But I forgot. I feel like a terrible person/friend. I can't believe that I forgot him this year. How could I have been so selfish? I am so sorry.
Yesterday an old friend of mine turned 25. He's not here to celebrate with us and he hasn't been here to celebrate with us for 8 years now. But that never stops me from every year making sure I go and tell him happy birthday. Sometimes I leave him a balloon or a card or sometimes I just go and visit so that he knows I remembered. Yesterday was November 15 and I didn't go. I can't believe I forgot. I NEVER forget. I'm always the one who remembers.. I remember on March 15 every year that that was the day we lost him. And I remember on November 15 of every year that that is the day he should be turning 1 year older. I'm so mad at myself that I forgot.
Gene, Please forgive me. I know I may have forgot you on that one day but I would never forget you as a person, as a friend, as a life... I'm so sorry. Happy 25th Birthday Gener.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
I can't believe I forgot your birthday. . .
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Melissa-
I noticed your blog on my friend Sarah's blog site and decided to check it out. In reading this particular blog....it reminds me of my sister. She died in a car accident 9 1/2 years ago. Every birthday (April 25th) and every anniversary of her passing (May 4th), we go out and celebrate her LIFE. We take balloons and I allow my kids to give the balloons a kiss and send them up to Aunt Jenny. Some people will never understand it but it really allows me to stop and think about her life and what she meant to so many people. I have 2 kids now and it's funny how I'll say something or bring up her name and they'll talk about her like they actually know her. She was gone 3 1/2 years before I had my daughter but they are the spitting image of one another and boy does she act just like her Aunt Jenny! God help us!!!
Anyway, don't be so hard on yourself. You remember and that's the best part! Your friend would be honored to know that he impacted your life so much and still does!
God Bless!
Susan
(ragar2004@gmail.com)
He knows. Your friend, he knows you love him. I'm sure of it.
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