Ahem, let's try this again!
Many, many years ago (in 1999, we think) my sister gave me a card for my birthday. The card was cute and funny and as you will see instructed me to save this card and give it to her on her birthday. Of course, most people would not have actually done that, but I did. It was what I was told to do, and you always listen to my sister; or you pay. I kid, I kid. Kind of.
So, my birthday is in August and I hold onto this card until June. Her birthday comes around and I have saved this card all of these months and I give it back to her, same envelope and all! She holds onto the card for a mere 2 months before passing it back to me and I realize that we are making a fun little memory here. Every birthday since, this little card has passed back and forth. When you read through it, you can follow the timeline of our lives over the last several years. There have been times that the day before her birthday I am scrambling around looking for it; it has been through several moves since we started this! But, I always find it and it manages to make its way into our birthday gifts! Every year when the card comes out my dad always says, "Is that the card you guys have been passing back and forth?!" No, dad, we buy the same one every year. He thinks it's funny. I think it's great!
Imagine my surprise this year when I open a *new* card, and it is the exact same thing!! We were kind of running out of space, so this new canvas was pleasure to my eyes! I can't wait to spend the next several years filling up the empty spaces of the new card!
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