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I KNOW FOR YOU AND ME, DEAR READER, birthdays seem to roll around like pumpkins at Halloween; but for the Little Actor, it was pretty much a lifetime ago since he had had a birth day (what I mean to say is, that little gap in the middle of the word disappeared for the very first time today!)

And, oh, the privileges one is afforded on the very first anniversary of one's birth!







Think of it, Dear Reader,
when was the last time you happened to have an adoring audience who oohed and aahed as you unabashedly buried your face in the birthday cake and let yourself go hog wild, consuming the better part of the entire confection, afterward going so far as to crawl around on the floor and eat up the crumbs?! (And still those lovable fans were cheering you on!)




And then! Not only a little mound of new presents to open up, but friends (older and wiser) able to open up entertaining possibilities for your old stuff! (Nose rings? Earrings? Far out! And I thought those things were only for chewing on!)




Yes, Dear Reader, there's a lot to be said for birthdays that have never made their appearance before!



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HAPPY BIRTHDAY #1, Lewis Jerome,
my dear Little Actor!
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