Heather Turns Four and I Tell Stories
Heather actually, as you may know, turned four in February. I have been saving these stories up and it is finally time to share them. Some background on Heather, she is a tiny bite size of a person (my mother's words) and she has long blonde hair that flows perfectly straight down her back. She dances through life, to the tune of songs that she makes up as she goes. One day I was driving somewhere and she was, oddly enough, the only one in the car with me. I don't think that has ever happened before, and I don't know why it happened on that day, which means it will probably never happen again. But there we were, just me and my Heather. She said, without preamble, "Mom, someday all of your kids will grow up and leave. What are you going to do then?" And my mind just burst wide open with all of the things I have thought about, and dreamed about doing when they "all grow up and leave". So many plans and hopes and I didn't even know where to sta