Reaching a milestone birthday is a huge deal, especially if you turn 90.\n
As Patty\u2019s 90th birthday was approaching, she was looking forward to spending it with those she loved the most in her life, her daughter Angie and her grandchildren. Angie promised to organize a small party for her mom, and as she wasn\u2019t seeing her family much, Patty was over the moon and couldn\u2019t wait for that day to finally arrive.\n
Spending time with her grandchildren was a fun time for the elderly woman who felt alone following her husband\u2019s passing. They reminded her of Angie, her own daughter, but they also looked like their father John, whom Angie recently divorced.\n
Patty was sad her daughter and her husband split because she loved John as though he was her son, but she knew life was like that sometimes, and there was nothing she could do to mend things between them.\n
When the day of Patty\u2019s birthday arrived, she was very excited, but as time passed by, that excitement turned into worry as Angie was nowhere to be seen. What\u2019s most, she wasn\u2019t answering Patty\u2019s phone calls.\n
After hours and hours of waiting, the doorbell finally rang. Patty was quick, as she could be considering her advanced age, to answer the door. But instead of Angie and the grandchildren, it was John who was standing there with a box of chocolate and a flower bouquet.\n
\u201cHappy Birthday, Ma!!\u201d John said with a smile on his face.\n
\u201cJohn?! Oh, wow! You didn\u2019t have to,\u201d Patty said, surprised to see him there.\n
She was glad he even remembered. But that didn\u2019t really come as a surprise as John has always been a very thoughtful person.\n
Patty invited him to join her for dinner. John was hesitant at first, but once he realized Patty was all by herself at that moment he said yes.\n
What\u2019s most, being an amazing cook, John even helped his ex mother-in-law to prepare the food.\n
As the two finally started having dinner, John asked about Angie. He wondered if she would mind him being there, at her mom\u2019s house. Patty said she wouldn\u2019t because she wasn\u2019t probably coming since she hadn\u2019t returned any of Patty\u2019s calls.\n
John got worried and offered to call her. This time, Angie picked up the phone.
\nThe two talked for a short while and then John told Patty the reason why her daughter wasn\u2019t coming to her home on her birthday.\n
\u201cIt turns out Angie, her new boyfriend, and the kids are all on vacation,\u201d John said with a worrying voice.\n
Patty was surprised. She wouldn\u2019t understand why her daughter would hide such a thing from her. John was as angry because Angie took the kids on vacation without telling him or consulting with him.\n
Patty didn\u2019t even know Angie was seeing someone and asked John if he knew who that man was.
\n\u201cShe\u2019d mentioned something in passing, but a whole vacation?! And apparently, they\u2019d been planning it for about a month now. Excuse me, Patty, but I believe your daughter\u2019s taken things a little too far this time,\u201d John said, visibly disturbed.\n
Patty was as disappointed. The least Angie could do was tell both her mom and the father to her children about her plans and that she wouldn\u2019t be around for Patty\u2019s milestone birthday.\n
Later, Patty had a few words with her daughter, but her act still felt like a betrayal.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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