Sometimes Memories Are All You Need

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This husband and I…

Spent the afternoon…with that DC family of ours…holed up in an Airbnb…in Illinois…the cutest thing near the river…looks like a hobbit house…filled with retro decor…oranges and browns…vintage mushroom everything…meant to take a photo…but forgot…

Treated us to Portillo’s for lunch…first time for us…had heard lots about it…chili dog…fish sandwich…french fries with cheese sauce…meant to take a photo…but forgot…

Had the Costo grand adventure…picked up food for the hobbit house stay…oohed and aahed over all the fun things none of us need…meant to take a picture…but forgot…

Hugged good-bye from Hobbiton…made plans for the rest of the week…said to that beauty of mine…remind me to take a photo…but then…we both…forgot…

And so it was…the four of us…too busy chatting…too busy laughing…too busy having fun…there was no time…to think beyond…just being together…a day making memories…memories so delightful…memories so special…memories…photo or not…this old gal…could never…forget…
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And that daughter of mine…agrees…