Once upon a time, there was a girl who lost her Granny on her 21st birthday. A few days later, her best friend drove over 400 miles to be at the funeral. The friend also turned her Granny’s old cat earrings into matching cat pins to wear at the funeral. That girl is me and my best friend is Emily.
Flash forward 4.5 years, God answered my prayers when Ainsley was born in Arizona during my 3rd annual spring break trip to visit Emily. I thought that meant I would always get to celebrate her birthday in person, but no one could have predicted what Spring Break #6 would bring. One day, Emily, Bart, and I will tell Ainsley of the time we were going to celebrate her 3rd birthday at Disneyland, but 3 days before we were set to leave the world shutdown (allow me to be slightly over dramatic for a moment).
Of all people, I know the sorrow of a drastically changed birthday celebration. On the flip side, I also know celebrating late means extended birthday fun which I fully intend to do when we get a redo on our Disneyland trip. I also know, if anyone knows how to make a drastically changed birthday a little bit sweeter it is my friend, Emily.
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