Caption: December 24th has always been the most precious of days on the calendar. It is my Grandma Bea’s birthday. On the day she was born, all the flowers were born.
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Though long since returning to aether, her presence today it ever palpable. She even carried a Christmas tree birthmark on her arm. ????
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Bea loved sharing her birthday with our family as a way to bring everyone together around the old mahogany round table.
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We ate the tamales we had made together a few weeks earlier, with the let loose dance, libations and laughter.
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Wrapping paper would be torn in a squeal of delight and the room would burst forth with new toys for the dozen grandchildren and rent-a-kids.
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In the earlier days there would be an exquisitely decorated cake with winter scenes made by her master baker friend René. We would sing Las Mañanitas, hopeful for every beautiful morning.
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Her wrinkly skin so soft and sweet, like a raisin in the sun, reminding us to age in sweetness and let go of all that makes us bitter.
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Today is precious. I am still unwrapping her gifts and cherishing her smile, the greatest gift she gave me.
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