Happy Birthday to Mary Aileen 2020 edition
Posted By Kathleen David on March 26, 2020
Aka Day 11 of the Homebound Saga aka Thursday
I have known Mary Aileen for over 50 years and we have been friends all that time. There was occasional drift as our paths and lives moved in different directions. We both knew that we were there for each other.
Over the years we have encourage each other to be our best. We have been there as the ear that could be bent when one of us or even both need to vent.
We are both avid readers. Her childhood home was a house of books as was mine. At a pretty early age her older brothers allowed us to raid their bookshelves for things to read. It was on those shelves I discovered Edgar Rice Burroughs and Stanislaw Lem. The world of the lensmen and the works of Andre Norton along with Elric and his cursed blade. Classic science fiction and fantasy filled the shelves. We would choose books then go somewhere and just read. I know some of our other friends found that a bit strange but it worked for us.
I dragged her into fandom. I would convince her to join me on various adventures and from there we made fandom friends some of which we are still friends with today. I would share fandoms I was passionate about to her. I introduced her to Dr. Who along with a lot of other British TV shows. We saw Star Wars together the summer it came out more than once.
If she didn’t like something she told me and I learned to drop it. She never got into comic books. She doesn’t care for the horror genre. Vampires and zombies are a no go.
She has listen to me ramble on way too long about fandoms I love and I appreciate it.
She knows I am in her corner and there for her when she needs me and I know the same holds for me.
She was the maid of honor for my wedding fulfilling a promise I made when we were very young.
Everyone needs a Mary Aileen in their lives and I am happy to say that I have one that has been there for over five decades.
Happy Birthday Mary Aileen! I hope the day is peaceful and fun.
I am grateful for my friendship with Mary Aileen.
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