SodySpokes

Birthdays are kind of depressing…
So here are some depressing songs for them:

Also,

Original Birthday Song
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear *what’s your face*
Happy birthday to you

Short Birthday Song
This is your birthday song
It isn’t very long…

And:

“The Birthday Dirge” (Read the article)

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Thomas S. Monson, “May We So Live,” Ensign, Aug 2008, 4-9

Suddenly and without warning, on a bright day in September almost seven years ago, two airliners crashed into the twin towers of New York City’s World Trade Center, leaving devastating destruction and death. In Washington, D.C., and in Pennsylvania, two other airliners came down, also as a result of a terrorist plot. These tragedies snuffed out the lives of thousands of men, women, and children. (Read the article)

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I belive that my imagination directs my life and is influenced by my life. When I was growing up I was forced to go outside and use my imagination. My imagination formed me into what I wam today. My brothers and I would have to take the every-day blasè stick and make a toy out of it. We didn’t have “cool” toys or brand name anything. We were forced to live out our childhood with whatever we found on the ground. (Read the article)

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