Today would have been Gogo's 11th birthday. While I am understandably incredibly depressed about the fact that she died so young, I spent a little time today reminiscing on her past birthday celebrations, and thought I'd share some memories of her yearly birthday cake and subsequent cake-snarfing sessions.
Age 7...
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Age 8...
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Age 9...
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and Age 10....
Bittersweet, yes. But there's an emphasis on the sweet for sure.