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irisblue

(34,065 posts)
Sat Mar 16, 2024, 02:12 PM Mar 2024

Today is my baby brothers 61st birthday. He, my SIL & their grand kids are at a waterpark hotel

I've been getting photos this afternoon, his face looks soft, relaxed and happy. His grandkids in my unbiased opinion, are cutie pies.
I am very glad he planned something special for himself today & this weekend.

All 4 of Moms' kids have had our first birthday without her. Moms' birthday is in May, I have no freaking idea how zi am going to deal with that.

My mom used to send us birthday money, in checks, one dollar for each year.

I stopped cashing her birthday checks maybe a decade ago.."Ma, that is a lot of money, you need it more then I do."
Mom, undeterred, sent me my age in one dollar bills the next year.
Stubborn stubborn woman. 💖

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Today is my baby brothers 61st birthday. He, my SIL & their grand kids are at a waterpark hotel (Original Post) irisblue Mar 2024 OP
Nice to have such a nice memory of Mom, isn't it? Thanks for sharing it w/ us. And wish your brother a SWBTATTReg Mar 2024 #1
Hold onto those cherished memories. brer cat Mar 2024 #2
Happy Birthday to your brother! My youngest brother livetohike Mar 2024 #3
Stubborn and smart Mom. LoisB Mar 2024 #4

SWBTATTReg

(23,991 posts)
1. Nice to have such a nice memory of Mom, isn't it? Thanks for sharing it w/ us. And wish your brother a
Sat Mar 16, 2024, 02:15 PM
Mar 2024

Happy Bday!

brer cat

(26,047 posts)
2. Hold onto those cherished memories.
Sat Mar 16, 2024, 02:24 PM
Mar 2024

My mother also died in May, and it sure shoots Mothers' Day to hell.

livetohike

(22,858 posts)
3. Happy Birthday to your brother! My youngest brother
Sat Mar 16, 2024, 02:53 PM
Mar 2024

will turn 61 on Mar 24. I love the story of your Mom and birthdays. My Mom would call each of us at the exact time we were born (all were in the morning). She also always sent a check despite our protests. Mom passed in Aug 2018 and Dad has been gone since Nov 2004.

All of these holidays/special occasions are hard. May the stories you tell of your Mom comfort you and make you smile .

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