{"id":1457,"date":"2009-01-11T11:54:58","date_gmt":"2009-01-11T16:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/womantalk.wordpress.com\/?p=1457"},"modified":"2009-01-11T11:54:58","modified_gmt":"2009-01-11T16:54:58","slug":"happy-birthday-darlene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/?p=1457","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Darlene!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"One of my dearest friends turns sixty today. When I expressed surprise (I’m forty), she said, Yeah my dad was pretty shocked too – but he’s turning 90<\/strong>!!<\/p>\n

Darlene, my thoughts are with you today and I’m thinking of all the wonderful qualities about you that I appreciate and love.<\/p>\n

I love how you maintain a positive outlook on life.<\/p>\n

I love how curious you are.<\/p>\n

I love how deeply you are willing to investigate issues, even uncomfortable ones.<\/p>\n

I love how you assimilate information and continue to grow.<\/p>\n

I love how you are a role model for unschoolers.<\/p>\n

I love how you involve yourself in improving the sense of local community.<\/p>\n

I love how generous you are with your home for people to gather.<\/p>\n

I love how you support other moms and parents by being a La Leche League leader, Bradley teacher, hosting moms-at-home meetings, speaking at conferences, and in other ways too numerous to mention.<\/p>\n

I love that now that your children are grown that you still have a beautiful playroom in your home.<\/p>\n

I love that you’ve made a tradition of Martinmas and that you put on a puppet show for the children every year.<\/p>\n

I love your singing voice.<\/p>\n

I love how you take care of your home – inside and out.<\/p>\n

I love how you appreciate and take care of your husband.<\/p>\n

I love how you raised your five amazing boys.<\/p>\n

I love how you feed and welcome people into your home.<\/p>\n

I love how resourceful and practical you can be.<\/p>\n

I love how you massage,<\/p>\n

And that you and I were dedicated to giving each other full body massages once a week for years!<\/p>\n

I love how you take the time to take care of your body, spiritually, physically, and mentally, every day.<\/p>\n

I love what a great communicator you are.<\/p>\n

I love that we can talk for hours every week about anything under the sun.<\/p>\n

I love how open you are to snuggling with girlfriends.<\/p>\n

I love how you cultivate and nurture your friendships with women.<\/p>\n

I love how I feel after we’ve spent time together.<\/p>\n

I love how you give thoughtful and generous gifts. (I remember once you came to my door with a present – on YOUR birthday! Another time you snuck into my house to see what ceramic dishes I already had.)<\/p>\n

Darlene, I don’t know if I’ve ever met somebody as committed to being the absolute best possible manifestation of herself as you are (except maybe my dad). You have not only been a loyal and loving friend for fifteen years, but you inspire me to be the best possible me as well.<\/p>\n

I love you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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