To Laurel: Happy Happy Birthday

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You are a sister of my soul, lo.
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Look at all these faces. You and I and others have shared cancer and broken hearts and lost jobs and moves and transitions and death and dying and we hold each other up and from that we have been blessed with evolving precious friendships.
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I hope you and I will be friends for all my life, until I take my last vibrant breath.
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Where will we be a year from now?

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What will we look like?

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Will you have had your first return-to-New England gallery opening?

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Will my second book be published?

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Will we look back on our time with Marianne in Provincetown and let our hearts be warmed all over again?

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What will we do next year to celebrate our birthdays (and Mim's)?

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I don't know, Lo, but I do know this:

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I count my lucky stars that you are in my life.

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And whatever adventures

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and misadventures come calling,

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count me in, pumpkin pi!

Love always

kj