Memories become so precious when you've lost someone...& there are so many of you that I don't want to forget. That I'm afraid I will forget. When memories are all we have left, they become that much more precious. That was one of the reasons I started this blog...
Thinking about V-day, so many bring to mind. Many that make me smile.
Like all those years of crazy craft-making Valentine's. The heart stickers, construction paper heart cut-outs, glitter glue, paint, markers, crayons, stamps...you name it. You girls would love it. You would mail them out to grandma & your cousins. They even got into it with you one year they visited.
I can see you all clearly. Sitting & standing on stools by the kitchen island at the old house in Bristow....busy making crafts galore...
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Another tradition was to let you girls pick out your Valentine day "prize", since it usually came around report card time.
You would usually choose a dress & Bella would be right behind you. One year you fell in love with a pair of shiny orangie/red high healed wedged sandals at the Payless in Fair Oaks Mall. I said no because they were too high & they were not appropriate for your age. I think you didn't talk to me for a week.
You were so mad. Of course you didn't forget. You begged & begged, promising not to wear them to school or in public. That you would just wear them when you & Bella played "Alina" or teacher. :)
That it was your "prize" & you wanted nothing else.
So finally I gave in.
I had to admit how cute they looked on you. How I wished I could pull off a pair of high wedged sandals like that. :)
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| Spring 2014. You girls wearing your Valentine Day gifts. <3 |
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I will probably cry tomorrow my angel. Wishing I could kiss & hug you on Valentine's Day. Wondering what your prize would of been. Another dress or pair of cute shoes, no doubt.
Dropping off a little something at the gardens...wishing you a Happy Valentine's Day, in heaven. <3
I love you with all my heart.
Forever,
Your mommy
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