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Do you all remember the song, "Memories"? One line (that always pops into my head first) is "What's too painful to remember, we simply choose to forget." I suspect that even when our minds don't remember the exact date, our bodies do! That's why many of us (and not just bparents) find different times of the year to be difficult. There are dates I remember easily and others I don't. Of my various nieces and nephews (whom I love) I can only be definite about 2 of the dates: one is a niece born July 2, the other a nephew born July 16. (and that's because of the birthdates of S & J). I will usually be very close for the rest. It doesn't mean I love them any less.
I was just thinking (dangerous!!!) that D was born on my birthday which makes it hard to forget, but given the way labor goes he could easily have been born on the next day (the actual birth was about 10pm) and I would still have thought he was born on the 4th. I certainly wasn't watching the clock at that point! Again, that wouldn't mean I love him any less, even if I had the date wrong.
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