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On Valentine’s Day 2008, my mother, Patricia Solomon, was in
the hospital in a coma due to meningitis.
We were told to hope for the best and expect the worse. We were fortunate; she woke up from her coma
and recognized all of us.
This is but one of the things that made my mother’s 75th
Birthday so special.
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| On the left, my mother, pictured with her grandmother, sister, and brother. |
About a year ago she and I were laughing about a family
member, who likes to drop hints that his birthday is approaching, expecting a
party. Something any six-year-old boy
would do, except this boy was older than my mother. That is when I discovered
my mother had never had a birthday party, not even as a child.
The party was held at Annie Jones United Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall in Walnut Hill, Florida. Walnut Hill is a small community
located in the Florida Panhandle.
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| My parents: Preston & Patricia Solomon. |
My mother had a wonderful time.
I think everyone in Walnut Hill who was not sick with the flu bug came to help us celebrate.
Life is never perfect!
Unfortunately, my brother Michael Solomon and his family did
not make the party. My sister-in-law Denise
was taking care of her own mother who is battling cancer. Michael and his daughter Makenna, who were
driving in from Texas, got stuck in Louisiana when the roads closed due to
ice.
Life is not perfect- BUT we came close. The party was fabulous!
Life is not perfect- BUT we came close. The party was fabulous!
The day of the party the temperature was a balmy 50-something and the sun was shining.
A few days later the ice storm hit, I was iced in at my parent's house for a few days. By the time it was safe to venture out Solomon's Happy Hill Farm looked like this:
All of our friends and family who flew in from out of state, or drove in from parts of Florida and Alabama made it there and back safe and sound.
Best of all, my children's beautiful Granny Pat still glows, when asked about her first birthday party.
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