Today's date is one I usually mark quietly. Mother was born 10/10/10. At least that's the date she always celebrated as having been born. Then, when she thought she was about to turn 65, she contacted Social Security to find out how to document her age; not having a birth certificate. They offered the information on the types of proof they would accept, one being pages from a family Bible. Mom knew who had her family's Bible. She contacted the cousin and was able to get a photocopy of the page where her birth date was recorded. She sent it off to the Social Security folks who came back with the indisputable fact that the date had been written over and what had been Oct. 10, 1910 looked more like Oct. 10, 1908. She didn't care which date was used, as long as she was still able to draw her benefits. Until she died, she continued to celebrate the year as 1910.
Today, she would have turned 100 years.
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I received a text msge from !Bro! that said Mom would be 100 today. I replied that Zeta's B day is tomorrow, too. Charley's wife's is today. We are catching up to Mom. Somber thought.
I'm half way there!
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