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| Happy 87th Birthday Grandma |
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| We all have looked to you for strength. |
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| From your home in Syria |
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| To the banks of the Jordan river |
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| To a small town in California, skyping with your Grandson all the way in China. |
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| You gave me my love for urban gardening. |
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You taught me how to be a good host. To make almost every Armenian meal I know and the
need to incessantly ask my guests if they are hungry. |
And the ability to feed them even when they
say they aren't.
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| You gave me the gift of resiliency, and thick skin when the tide of life comes in stronger than we think we can handle. |
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| Happy Birthday Grandma, you're one of the reasons we are who we are, today. |
