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This reads as a reminder to receive time itself with gratitude, not entitlement. It suggests that each added year, and each ordinary day inside it, deserves to be treated as something given rather than owed. It lands on a birthday that feels complicated, or on an ordinary morning when someone needs a small reason to stay open to the day.
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About Aretha Franklin
American singer-songwriter and pianist
Aretha Franklin was an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Active in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, she was widely known as the “Queen of Soul.” Her voice made her one of the defining figures in popular music, and Rolling Stone twice named her the greatest singer of all time. She was also a pianist, and her work is closely associated with soul music and the performance style that made her famous.
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