An Evening of Celebration

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Her birthday is not until Tuesday, but tonight, family and friends got together to help our youngest daughter celebrate a milestone birthday. It's hard to believe that thirty years ago she completed our family. Four girls and a boy. Our baby, who in many ways is an only child. Some would consider her an after thought. Although only ten years separate our oldest and our youngest, the three oldest girls are so close in age they tended to operate as a unit. Then our son, had his own unique role. Close in age to his older sisters, he was the bane of their existence. Then, just as he was heading off to school a new baby joined our family. She has been my sidekick, accompanying me to work when I got a job outside the home when she was just a year and a half. By the age of three she had a vocabulary that surprised many. She would come out with words like synovitus, coccidiosis, necrotic enteritis and merricks. She knew about feed lines and drinkers and had her cry own grit pail. Now, as an adult she is still a wonderful, helpful and considerate young woman. We had a wonderful meal at a local restaurant, climaxing with us singing a raucous rendition of Happy Birthday.