This is why I love my family ....
When I went to mow my lawn last weekend-- something that should have been done two weeks ago, but I refused because it was February-- my mower kept stalling out on me. After the fourth restart I was too tired to start her up again, so I left a patch unmowed.
Then I was sad because today was Sam's birthday, and I had to teach all day and then go to night class.
Whenever I can't my family does.
My brother, Stephen, came over while I was at work and fixed my lawnmower, and mowed my unmowed patch.
Then our family friends, who are Sam's sitters, got him a chocolate cake and hung a Happy Birthday banner. My sister, Meri, called and invited Sam over for dinner. My mom picked him up at the sitter's and brought him to Meri's for a crawfish supper while I was at class. Sam ate his weight in the little mudbugs.
When I went to pick him up he was having a grand time chasing his cousins around, his hair full of cake and his shirt caked in crawfish butt juice.
I sometimes get homesick for Kentucky, but then I have a day like today, and I know that I would live in BFE for my family.
**Meri and her brood aren't pictured... they were home with an ear infection for this event.
4 comments:
Happy birthday Sam! That first year is over before you know it isn't it? Is crawfish butt juice good or bad?
Family is priceless! I miss living in Charlotte sooooooo much somedays, but being so close to both of our families and a good chunk of our friends will keep us in Cincy for a while!
What about an entry about Hera! She's family too!
I wish I was your family. And that your dad would teach me how to garden so I could spit out okras like the one in your other post. I love you.
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