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belated birthday

my best friend that i wrote about a few weeks ago just celebrated her birthday! it was a few days ago, but friend, i hope it was great.

it may sound silly, but i have to share about one of her most memorable birthdays...

we were seniors in college and both christian ed majors. that really means we played a lot of games and most of our tests were youth activities. needless to say, we had a blast almost every day. she had commented a few weeks before her birthday that she had never had a surprise party. well that put me in motion.

she happened to work the night of her birthday. she called prospective students with a group of about 25 other people. a friend and i had spent the afternoon at a prof's house making cupcakes and had invited about 20 of our closest friends to hang out with us that night at the student hangout. i had also arranged for 3 of our closest guy friends to "kidnap" her that night. remember how i said we were christian ed majors. all i told them was to kidnap her from work and notified her boss that this would happen a few minutes before the end of her shift.

well kidnap they did...they were dressed completely in black with face masks. they charged into the room, stuck a pillowcase over her head and carried her to a van they had borrowed. they threw her in the back and drove around for about 25 minutes. they had failed to notice she had taken her shoes off. she was clueless as to what was going on. after the rather scary drive they carried her up to the student lounge where we had gathered! they removed the pillowcase and she was quite surprised. they also removed their masks and she might have given them a little shove (i can't remember!)!

anyways...it was a great party and i was so pleased to have actually pulled off a complete surprise. she also received a dressed up goose. you know - the ones on everybody's porch! she loved it!!!

so dear friend...i hope you had a great birthday!!

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Anonymous said…
Christine,

Thank you for your wishes and that great trip down memory lane! That was definately a birthday I will never forget! My husband loves that story. I did have a great day, we soaked up the sun on the beach in Malibu, wish you could have been there!
love, Brooke
February 27, 2008 at 10:05 PM
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