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Happy “delated” birthday to Betsy!

My friend is head of the NICU at a local hospital. He only deals with newborns, so Betsy is on the right track.

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May 30, 2023·edited May 30, 2023Author

She wants to do jobs I've never even heard of. She's already surpassed me.

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May 30, 2023Liked by James Breakwell

Happy Birthday Betsy!!!!❤️🎂🎈🎁🎊 She’s amazing, smart and hilarious 😂

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Happy Birthday Betsy!! Have to love 13 years olds, they tell us what we like is terrible and insult us without trying. She’s amazing!!

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The effortless insults are truly a gift.

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The day before my 13th birthday, JFK was assassinated. Nobody felt like celebrating my b'day that year, but that event means I'll never forget when I turned 13. I certainly hope Betsy didn't have anything too "dramatic" happen. I'm looking forward to this coming first year of her teenaged years. Bet she'll handle it quite well!

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No trauma, thankfully. Just lots of cake. Hopefully that's the memory that sticks.

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One of my primary school classmates had some of his birthdays ruined and wasn't allowed by his parents or in the mood to celebrate when on that day (and on the next few anniversaries as well) the Smolensk air disaster happened. It was a govt plane crash in which 96 people died, including our president, first lady, former president in exile, along most of the military leadership and commanders, as well as some other important officials.

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May 29, 2023·edited May 29, 2023

Wow, I remember that horrible tragedy. The other birthday I'll never forget is when we buried my dad on my 54th birthday. Just goes to show our birthdays aren't always about ourselves. (Let's hope Betsy has no experiences like these.)

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My condolences for your loss. I agree with you about the b-days and hope too that she has no such memories.

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NEED MORE BETSY!

Seriously, she's so quick witted and hilarious. Loved this!

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I have to be careful or she'll take over this page. The kids are looking for any excuse to replace me.

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Brave, comfortable, insightful, tolerant (of her daddy), funny and probably fun to be with. Thanks for sharing your thoughts birthday child.

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Tolerating me is definitely a challenge, but she's mastered it well.

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Neonatologist. Treats newborns. Just sayin'

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That was one more fancy word than I was prepared for today.

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That was really enjoyable! And I follow you on youtube so don’t even go there. You get pleanty of hits. Bets is going to be remarkable, like her mother. :D.

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You're one of the proud few. I'll post videos again there someday. But for now, it makes a lot more sense to send them out here.

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Happy 13th Betsy! 🎈

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Betsy is so grown up. Happy birthday! And my condolences on having a teenager. She seems okay so maybe you’ll get lucky, but our kids all went bonkers as teens. It’s like the terrible twos again with more attitude and clever insults.

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Betsy would be a great asset to NICU, takes a special person.

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She's certainly dealt with enough little kids in her time.

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Her first choice of favourite dinosaur is so cute answer!

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Happy Birthday to Betsy! Her eloquence became even more mindblowing. I appreciate her liking Forza (here's a question - which edition is it?) - simracing can be very satisfying.

She's also not the only one specifying with that reasons why she wants to be a paediatrician - my cousin's fiancee stated exacly the same, only adding that for her patients form every other age group stink. And I can confirm that the schools in the former eastern bloc are looking depressing, the painting helps only a little bit.

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We have gamepass, so she gets all of them. The most recent one was said in Mexico. I think she like the one in Europe more.

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I got stuck at the new Jurassic Park is better than the original ... oh dear.

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Pray for her. Or just encourage her to watch better movies.

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I don't know how to get the video to play!

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If it won't play, tap on the title at the top to visit the page directly. Hopefully that works.

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Yes that worked thank you! Betsy is amazing!

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My link didn’t work so I didn’t hear the interview!

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Try clicking on the title at the top to visit the page directly. That worked for some people.

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