I will be celebrating my 50th Birthday on August the 7th, 2015. I am so happy! Thank goodness the garden is pretty already. I am organized and ready for the big event. Most importantly, I am ready to be FIFTY! And it is definitely more exercise than I did in my thirties.

I Read It, I Vaguely Remember. Two years ago my sister-in-law gave us a tomato plant in a large patio planter. A month after we sat it out on the deck it began to bud its tiny green fruit and thus began my fascination. During my smoke breaks outside, I would examine it and watch as the fruit grew bigger. Sometimes I would re-maneuver or retie the plant to a wooden dowel if I determined it was looking droopy or leaning too much.

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As last year was drawing to a close, one of the brightest lights in my universe dimmed and then went dark. Her story was filled with adversities and sorrows borne and vanquished with impeccable grace. She was My Otha Momma.

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