They “Accidentally” Scheduled A Family Cruise On My Birthday For Five Years — So I Started A Tradition Of My Own

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August. Over the years, her birthday had apparently migrated from July to June to August, somehow never landing where it actually belonged. The transparent lie should have made her angry. Instead, it just made her tired.

Five years ago, when the first cruise had overlapped her birthday, Beatrice had been genuinely hurt. She had just finished continue reading …