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Happy Birthday
It was pouring rain, but I just couldn’t leave on his birthday, Christmas Day. I placed the pine cone wreath against the headstone, the red bells I added for the holiday chiming.
Drenched, I kneeled and said a silent prayer. I teared at the memory of his last birthday, ecstatic after he tore open the wrapping and saw it was golf clubs; his blue eyes lit the room.
I stood for a few more minutes reflecting.
As I touched the tombstone, I felt a shiver up my arm and one of the bells landed by my foot.
“Happy Birthday, Georgie.”
From Guest Contributor Lisa M. Scuderi-Burkimsher
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