This is a personal note to my very dear friend (who just happened to be my former mother-in-law), Ruth Olsen. Today is your birthday, October 10. Can you imagine if you were here to celebrate it? Oh, how much fun we would have! I can see you now: smiling, ever smiling. Do you know that you never really walked down the hall? You always kind of danced. Yes, that’s it. You danced.
I have needed your advice and friendship so many times over the last four years. But then I always seem to know what you would say anyway: be happy and yes, you can do it.
I miss you every day, Mom. Happy birthday!
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I can totally picture her dancing down the hall!