Today would have been Nana's birthday. It has been a special day my whole life. While Nana has been gone from us for a long time; today is still a special birthday.
Today is Shelley's 21st birthday. It's a big deal.
Shelley doesn't drink, so it's not a big deal for that. But it's still a big deal.
At 21, Shelley is growing up. She's one of the grownups to the little kids. She's an adult.
Truth is, though; she's just a babe.
Context is important. Matthew says Shelley's a babe, too, but he uses the term quite differently than I do. When I say she's a babe it's just that.
Shelley - for all of her grownup-ness - is just a babe. We're going to celebrate her special day when she is with us in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, we celebrate this day from a distance. Happy to celebrate her birthday - even though she's still just a babe.
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