The Beginning Of Something Good!

Today is A.'s birthday! I spent the past few days at my oldest daughter's house, with A., helping her pack all of her household belongings because her and her husband are moving to Southern Illinois in one week. So, when I woke up this morning, despite being dead tired from all of the bending, lifting, and sorting at my daughter's house, I knew I had ahead of me today house cleaning, present shopping (I hadn't had time yet}, grocery shopping, cake baking and all of the general things you do to get ready for a family birthday party for a 12 year old. I crawled out of bed determined to make this a great day for A.

It has been pretty good so far. I did have to deal with another girl's mom first thing this morning, 7:45 a.m. to be exact, because there was a problem going on between her daughter and A. and two other friends of A's. The only time I could get hold of this woman seemed to be early in the morning, so I called, cringing, because I do not know this family and what I had to discuss with her could have been handled good or bad by either of us. It went well.

For the rest of day, so far, me and A. have had a good time. We went and did almost all of the shopping together. I even let her get a pedicure, which she has been craving for a long time. I am a rather conservative 48 year old mom and pictured her picking a pretty pink or light rose colored nail polish for her toes. When she picked up a dark blue bottle of polish, I cringed, but the look on her face was so pleading that I gave in and said okay, since it was her birthday.

It actually looked kind of pretty, with a white oriental flower painted on each big toe. She hugged me and kissed my cheek and said she was having a great day. I am so glad. It was important for her birthday to be good for her this year. She has had to accept a lot of life changing situations in the past year and I hope that she is beginning to feel like she is our daughter. I don't know if she is quite at that point yet, but I know we are at the beginning of something good. I hope!