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There was almost no reason for me to sing on my 51st birthday. Being recent“empty nesters”, my husband and I were doing our best to 41 to the too quiet house. This was a day when I 42 all to gather together. The plan, for my 43 day, was to meet our daughters, Jaime and Katie at a fancy 44 .
Our youngest, Katie called to say she might not be able to 45 the celebration dinner. She had heavy 46 earlier that day and, with the long ride ahead, she thought it 47 to stay at her own house and have a good sleep.
After all, this was my baby. How could she move so far away from me in the first place? But the reality I had to 48 was that she didn’t feel the need to 49 me every day. It made me 50 my abilities as a mother. I felt tears falling as I 51 what she had just said to me. Maybe she felt the 52 in my voice because, on second 53 , she changed her mind.“But”, she warned, “I didn’t have time to 54 you a gift.”
We arrived with Katie already waiting for us to 55 .After dinner in it, Katie handed me a shopping bag. As I opened it, the 56 warmth filled my heart again: a mommy sitting in a rocking chair, holding a 57 in her arms. The all explanations read: 58 never leaves a mother’s arms.
I got the message loud and 59 , my daughter still loves me though she lives far away from me, and 60 much less than I’d like.
