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February Birthdays

Every time that I turn around I'm hearing about more people that I know who were born in February. Me(2), Nephew (4), former student(5), Niece (11), Mother (13), Grandmother (14), Uncle (16), Sister-in-Law (22), just recently the husband of a blogger that I follow (15).
February minus 9= a lot of people were frisky in May.

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  1. Far Side of FiftyFebruary 18, 2020 at 7:51 PM

    Happy Belated Birthday! Yes it seems lots of really nice people have birthdays in February!

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