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Reflecting on Maggie's fifth birthday

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Chris Martin
Apr 07, 2025
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Our firstborn daughter, Magnolia, turned five-years-old over the weekend. Family and friends gathered on Saturday for a Rainbow Mermaid birthday party in a house that look more like the scene of a Lisa Frank factory explosion than a properly ordered home. It was fantastic.

We continued celebrating Maggie on her actual birthday on Sunday, and then I left …

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