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Happy Birthday Anita!

September 24, 2013 By Talya Tate Boerner 7 Comments

Anita and I were best friends from birth. 
One of our favorite weekend activities involved connecting the massive spread of mud puddles between her house and her Daddy’s shop. (She’s a farmer’s daughter too…) With sticks, we dug trenches between water holes, so a leaf would freely float from one end of her property to the other. This took careful planning and hours of dedication. 
When we weren’t redirecting the water on her Daddy’s home place, we sat on the rickety bridge just down the gravel road leading to her house. With our legs dangling over muddy water, we planned Anita’s escape. We were certain she was secretly adopted, and if this was the case, running away seemed logical. The signs were obvious, and the basis for our theory was solid—compared to her older sister Sharon, there were fewer baby pictures of Anita…
We reviewed our carefully crafted plans over and over. She would sneak out during veil of darkness. But…should she wait until after Halloween? All that candy would come in handy. Maybe she should wait til next Summer? 
The details were simple and fail proof. She would hide out and live on the banks of the river, avoiding the area with the scary quicksand. I would somehow sneak food to her. Until the time was right, we returned to our mud puddles.
Happy birthday Anita!
talya
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Musical Pairing:
The Beatles Birthday Song

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  1. Gayle Glass says

    September 24, 2013 at 6:07 am

    Awww….Happy Birthday, Anita! Wonderful trip down memory lane, Talya.

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      September 24, 2013 at 1:37 pm

      What fun times we had growing up on the farm:))

      Reply
  2. Dot Hatfield says

    September 24, 2013 at 6:22 am

    What a wonderful post. So great that you haven’t lost track of each other as so often happens.

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      September 24, 2013 at 1:36 pm

      Yes I’m very fortunate to still be friends with a large core of friends from elementary school.

      Reply
    • Dorothy Johnson says

      September 25, 2013 at 3:48 pm

      Sweet memories and great picture. I just spent a few days with my friend from long ago.

      Reply
  3. Gary Henderson says

    October 1, 2013 at 8:02 am

    So, did she ever escape? 🙂

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      October 1, 2013 at 8:14 am

      Like me, she escaped to college…

      Reply

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