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It's That Time of the Year Again...

This is my first 4th of July not in Utah/California with my family. The first one ever in 13 years since my mom passed away. It's a little weird. By now, we would have had snow cones or something and little summery snacks - usually munching on chips while we wait for my brother to throw something on the bbq. It's actually way weird. I went into Portland this morning with my friend Tevy to hit up Bath and Body Work's annual summer sale (I was good and spent less than $5). It felt like a regular day off - which it hasn't felt like it because it feels like Saturday for me - and then it hit me when I went to check my Facebook while we ate lunch. My sweet dad posted something about my mom that made me tear up a bit. 

It's so weird not to be with my family on a day like today. Last July 4, I went into Salt Lake to have brunch with my sister and to visit with my younger brother and his wife. Then I went back to Ogden to pick up my dad and youngest brother to go to American Fork to hang with my older brother and his family. Oh man...I just realized my oldest brother has been married for 13 years! Where has the freaking time gone? It doesn't feel like my mom has been gone that long at all.

Anyway, I keep getting distracted so I should wrap this up. 

I miss you, momma. 

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