... you know you just can't be all ready because of unknowns, today is different anyway.
This is a story that seems inspired by life, as most stories are. Instead of writing about kings and queens, about wizards and fantasies, you write about something we can all relate to. A birthday offers an opportunity for reckoning, for looking back and looking forward. Holidays, rituals, exist for this reason. We not only celebrate. We take stock. We make a reckoning.
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You just have this thing that I don't have the word for, all I can say is that I totally agree with you.
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