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Shade Tree Birthday

An April birthday remembrance | Thrifty Words Challenge #114

Chris Hedges
Published in
1 min readApr 13, 2023

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A family gathers around a wooden picnic table filled with delicious food.
Photo by Spencer Davis on Unsplash

On a perfect April day, we gathered under the old shade tree on the side yard. I was excited because it was my 9th birthday.

Dad had barbecued hotdogs. Mom baked a strawberry cake. My brother cracked jokes.

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Chris Hedges
The Bad Influence

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