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AmosThe five-foot-tall golden “2” and “8” balloons are positioned in the foyer, ready to greet the partygoers as they enter. Lee-Anne has Alma and Love whisked away on a ‘girls day of fun’ as a cover while I get the party ready.
Alma’s never had a surprise party, and this one will definitely be a surprise, given that her actual birthday was a couple of weeks ago in July. She spent the day of her twenty-eighth birthday with me, Love, and Lee-Anne, hanging out at the house, playing her favorite games, eating her favorite foods, and relaxing with her favorite people. It’s what she asked for, and it’s what she got.
I wanted to do something else, some more to celebrate her. The anniversary of Leo’s death is coming up in a few weeks, and in a way, I suppose, I want to pull the focus from t
