Saturday, July 7, 2018

Celebrating a birthday

Lily surrounded by her BFFs
Yesterday Hedi (in red, behind) hosted a very nice birthday party for Lily, in the middle in green. We all live in the same apartment complex and have grown quite fond of our sweet Guatemalan transplant. Lily doesn't look her age, and since she is far younger than I am, she has allowed me to "adopt" her as her American mother. Hedi says since I've usurped the mother label, she'll act as the aunt.
Gene, Lily, John
This morning, Lily and I joined the ladies for a nice five-mile walk, and then Gene treated all four of us regular Avellino customers to breakfast at Greene's Corner. I had a wonderful kimchee breakfast bowl, super healthy and delightful. I sure like it when I get to enjoy someone else's birthday as much as I would my own. In fact, maybe even more, since I didn't have to endure becoming another year older!
:-)

21 comments:

  1. ha! Looks like you had lots of fun!!

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  2. As you say, it can be just as much fun celebrating a friend's birthday as celebrating your own.

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  3. It sounds like you enjoyed yourselves!

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  4. You always look like you have a ball Jan. Happy birthday to Lily!

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  5. Celebrating friends and loved ones is always nice...especially since your age remains the same! Happy birthday to your friend!!

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  6. How sweet to have such good friends.

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  7. Come on... a year older beats the only alternative..:)

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  8. Looks like a fun birthday party.

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  9. A very happy birthday to Lily. And it does look like a wonderful day - for you all.

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  10. Great to have such good friends and close by as well.

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  11. Happy Birthday to your Lily! Looks like a fun get together! :)

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  12. Jan, you have the gift of making friends everywhere. Your apartment group of gals is like extending your family.
    Happy birthday to your "daughter", Lily.

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  13. OMGosh! Looks like a marvelous time!!
    Happy belated birthday to Lily! :)

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  14. How cool is that? And another observation I am finding there a a great number of men with beards these days. Nice to have ‚„“family‘.

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  15. Birthdays are always fun, especially when they're someone else's!

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  16. How nice she has such an extended family now. Like you, I really enjoy other's birthdays more. Painless and fun.

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  17. Always nice to celebrate special times with good friends and belated Happy Birthday to Lily from NH

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  18. Well then, happy birthday to your 'daughter'

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  19. Dear DJan, such a happy posting. It made me smile just to read it. And isn't it a wonder when someone becomes like a daughter--or son--to us. That's happened to me with a fellow blogger. She's 35 and I first read her blog when she was 28. She has truly become like a daughter. Well, age-wise I could be her grandmother! Peace.

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