I woke up very early. Claudia

@marguicha (222890)
Chile
October 21, 2024 4:30am CST
I felt I had something to do yet, living alone and retired, I do what I want when I want to do it. Often, being retired, I don´t know what day it is if I don´t have any special thing to do. But I have Alexa. My Alexa is quite dumb because these machines are no better than their owners. And I´m technologically dumb. I asked Alexa what day it was. It is Monday, October 21, she told me. MY DAUGHTER´S BIRTHDAY!!!! I´ll call Claudia later. In other years I have gone to see her, we would go to dine out or she would make a little party at her house. This year I don´t think that anything will happen. I haven´t seen Claudia much ever since the the fire in my kitchen over 1 year ago. She blames me but I don´t know much why. But I have accepted it. She will take me next week to vote. But I still remember the sunny October morning when Claudia was born 58 years ago. I will think about her and will celebrate her life today. I even have some cake.
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@LadyDuck (471390)
• Switzerland
21 Oct
Enjoy your cake and celebrate Claudia's birthday. Her loss if she does not visit you more.
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@marguicha (222890)
• Chile
21 Oct
I have come to accept that.
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@LadyDuck (471390)
• Switzerland
21 Oct
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@Dreamerby (4899)
• Calcutta, India
21 Oct
She doesn't visit? Like by wish? or because she lives far away?
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@rakski (122512)
• Philippines
21 Oct
Happy birthday to Claudia. She has not moved on from that fire
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@marguicha (222890)
• Chile
21 Oct
I accept that she hasn´t.
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@rakski (122512)
• Philippines
21 Oct
@marguicha I think so too
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@marguicha (222890)
• Chile
21 Oct
@rakski I called her and said Happy Birthday.
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@flapiz (23148)
• United Kingdom
21 Oct
Happy 58th birthday to your daughter, Claudia!
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@marguicha (222890)
• Chile
21 Oct
Thank you.
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@JudyEv (339658)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Oct
You can only do what you can do. Enjoy your cake.
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@marguicha (222890)
• Chile
21 Oct
I spent many months waking up thinking what I could do. Until it dawned on me that I can´t do anything if she is not willing to do it. Once in a while she calls me as if nothing had happened but that is not the relation we had before.
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@marguicha (222890)
• Chile
21 Oct
@JudyEv I cant do more.
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@JudyEv (339658)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Oct
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• Defuniak Springs, Florida
21 Oct
Sometimes all you can do is call and wish happy birthday. If she wants to see you , she will Have to pur the effort in it
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@marguicha (222890)
• Chile
21 Oct
@thislittlepennyearns It is tough. But I worry more for Claudia. I hope she does not repent when it is too late.
@marguicha (222890)
• Chile
21 Oct
Exactly. I have come to accept this.
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
21 Oct
@marguicha I'm glad you don't dwell on it. Even though I know that is tough.
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@MarieCoyle (37314)
21 Oct
I hope your girl has a nice birthday, and that you are able to chat with her in a call later. Birthdays are not just for the one having them. They are for us mothers, who remember so vividly the arrival of the child in their lives.
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@marguicha (222890)
• Chile
21 Oct
I so agree with you.
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@marguicha (222890)
• Chile
22 Oct
@MarieCoyle Today I thought all day about some of the birthdays I made for Claudia. I rememeber the time I made a cake that was a house. I was innocent enough to try to add a chimney. It was very hard to have it stay in the roof.
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@MarieCoyle (37314)
22 Oct
@marguicha I always wonder about the mothers who put their children up for adoption, for whatever reason. I'm not speaking against them by any means, just feel sort of bad on all the birthdays they missed out on.
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• Philippines
21 Oct
I hope she will have time to celebrate this lovely day with you. Is she so busy? Does she have a family of her own? I hope you'll have a great day together if not today I hope one of these days. Cheer up.
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@marguicha (222890)
• Chile
22 Oct
I just talked to her by phone. The has a demanding job (she is a judge), she is a single mother with 2 children under her roof and no maid. She doesn´t like maids so the most help she gets are those robots to clean the floor. Not much help
@wolfgirl569 (106039)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Oct
Happy birthday to her.
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@marguicha (222890)
• Chile
21 Oct
Thank you.
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@RasmaSandra (79783)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Oct
I hope Claudia had a very happy birthday, I am glad you have such wonderful memories. Enjoy the cake heck put in a candle and wish something good for Claudia,
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@marguicha (222890)
• Chile
22 Oct
I think about her every day and every day I wish something good for my baby.
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@sallypup (61035)
• Centralia, Washington
21 Oct
Happy birthday dear Claudia. Enjoy that cake for me, please. What's your go to frosting?
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@marguicha (222890)
• Chile
22 Oct
This cake has meringue and cream
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@marguicha (222890)
• Chile
22 Oct
@sallypup It is deliciouus.
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@sallypup (61035)
• Centralia, Washington
22 Oct
@marguicha Wow. That sounds fantastic.
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@LindaOHio (178225)
• United States
22 Oct
Happy Birthday to Claudia. I'm sorry you won't be spending time with her. I hope you have a good visit when she takes you to vote. Have a good day.
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
21 Oct
so it's true when parents say "no matter how old you are, you'll always be my child". i hope things change for the better between you too. happy birthday to your daughter!
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@marguicha (222890)
• Chile
21 Oct
I hope so.
@Dreamerby (4899)
• Calcutta, India
21 Oct
Where does Claudia live? Far away from where you live?
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@marguicha (222890)
• Chile
21 Oct
She lives very near.
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