Yesterday the family had a surprise birthday party for the kids. The kids had a blast and it was nice that their aunt and uncle who live quite far away were able to be there. About halfway during the party my sister in law called me into a separate room and started giving me things that her mother had once owned (her mother passed away in September of 2007). Now I thought this was very nice that she wanted to include me (the daughter in law) in the gift giving. But it did make me uncomfortable.

I guess this is because by giving away my late mother in law’s things, it kind of puts a finality on things. But I took everything she gave me including her mother’s pulse oximeter. All of these things I took I will put away for my daughter for when she gets older. So although this part of the day creeped me out a bit, I know my sister in law was just trying make me feel like part of the family. So for this reason I just accepted the stuff and smiled.

My daughter is only 10, but I swear she’s going on 20. She is such a drama queen! Most of the time when “her world is falling apart” I just have to laugh. Like today. She was getting ready to go on an outing with her uncle, cousin and brother. When she looked in the mirror after washing her face, she seen a pimple. Oh my, the way she reacted you would have thought the sky was falling. She came running out of the bathroom claiming she is getting the world’s worst case of acne. Since she’s only 10 I really don’t see that happening yet. So we put a little cream on her pimple and she went on her merry way. Honestly I can’t wait to see how she acts when she really does get acne.