Tag: Birthday
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City Girl Confessions: A Slice of Americana in the Driveway
City Girl Confessions is my recurring column in The Glencoe Anchor. I have distinct memories of childhood centered around a basketball hoop. We had one in our driveway for nearly 20 years and it was the nucleus of entertainment. It was where I learned to dribble a ball, outshoot my brother in a game of…
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Three Simple Things
I’m meeting my mom at the Chicago Botanic Gardens for our annual Mother’s Day stroll and lunch. Despite the fact that it’s 40 degrees (cringe), I’m hoping to bask in the tulip bunches. We put in the order for our kitchen cabinets to go into production and DANG, it’s starting to get very real that…
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Happy Birthday Theo: My Best Pal Turns 10
I’m a mess for words. Yesterday our sweet dog turned 10. That feels enormous. I know it’s enormous in an emotional kind of way. Everything got better when Theo came into our lives (we adopted him from Midwest Boston Terrier Rescue in 2010 with the recommendation from a friend/cousin). When you have to let out…
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Weekend: Busy Fun
Galentines & Valentines A 7th birthday at Dave & Buster’s Chocolate piñata (!!!) Meetings for LGBTQ+ advocacy Tulips, roses, and hydrangeas Norman Love chocolates A baby shower (rare these days) Elton John’s Farewell tour Drinking champagne three days in a row A brief trip to a casino; always fascinating New Member Ceremony at my church…
Kelly Q. Anderson 