Entries from June 2009

June 23, 2009

THE SWEETEST GIFTS

This morning I woke up, forgetting that it was even my birthday.  That seems to be the way it is the older I get – not as big of a deal anymore.  Anyway, unbeknownst to me, Elli had snuck downstairs to make me a birthday breakfast and Janie to make me a card.  She came [...]

June 9, 2009

AMBITIOUS

Sam had been playing in this mud puddle for quite some time when he yelled out to me.  I went out to the deck to see what he needed, and, with a mud covered face and body, he yelled, “Mom, can I please have one…, no maybe three napkins?”