http://mothersofbrothers.com/dear-booger/ All about life with boys...and life in general Sat, 21 Dec 2019 17:09:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mothersofbrothers.com/dear-booger/comment-page-1/#comment-30192 MelanieO Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:32:11 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=8121#comment-30192 Perfect timing. Last night was the fifth birthday party we have held for my mother since her death. (She would have been 70 yesterday.) We watch a slide show, make a cake, light candles, sing "Happy Birthday," and leave her a piece of cake (kind of like cookies for Santa) when we go to bed. The cake is always gone in the morning, although this year the question of who ate it was no mystery: the dog helped herself while we were putting the kids to bed. Oops. But my mom was always sneaking treats to her dogs, so who knows - maybe she told Lucy to go ahead and do it! That's the story I'm going with... Perfect timing. Last night was the fifth birthday party we have held for my mother since her death. (She would have been 70 yesterday.) We watch a slide show, make a cake, light candles, sing “Happy Birthday,” and leave her a piece of cake (kind of like cookies for Santa) when we go to bed. The cake is always gone in the morning, although this year the question of who ate it was no mystery: the dog helped herself while we were putting the kids to bed. Oops. But my mom was always sneaking treats to her dogs, so who knows – maybe she told Lucy to go ahead and do it! That’s the story I’m going with…

]]> http://mothersofbrothers.com/dear-booger/comment-page-1/#comment-30172 Joanzbenz Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:27:23 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=8121#comment-30172 "And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make." Thanks for sharing. You are an amazing writer. “And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.”
Thanks for sharing. You are an amazing writer.

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