iwantmk.comLuanne Storer,IBC

My daughter’s birthday is on Tuesday. This weekend we are taking her and five of her friends to a hotel about 45 minutes away from our house that has an indoor pool, and it is attached to a mall and a movie theater. The girls love it because they can pretty much sleep overnight in a mall. It doesn’t get much better than that to a bunch of teenage girls. It is also great because while they are swimming and/or running around the mall, guess what I do? Nothing, absolutely nothing. It is awesome.

Anyway, my dilemma is that Krisha has only asked for one thing, a pair of brown shoes (and someone else is getting her those). No kidding, that is all she asked for! We have been asking her what else she might want for a month and she says that is all she needs. That kind of attitude is what makes me want to get buy her everything.

When my girls were little, Tosh was about seven and Krisha was two, I took them to the circus. We were very low on funds in those days and getting enough money together for us to go to the circus was a miracle in itself. Before we got there, I told them that each of them could have a $5 bill to spend. That $5 included snack, drink, toy, whatever. In other words, if they wanted a snow cone, that was all they got. If they wanted a drink, that was the end of the $5. When we sat down, they announced that there were elephant rides down on the floor until the circus started. Kids everywhere started screaming “I want to ride the elephant!!! Mommy, I want to ride!!!” My girls just sat quietly looking around and smiling at all the things there were to see. It continued like that, every time a vendor would go buy with light up toys, hats, food, cotton candy, you name it, children everywhere went nuts screaming and crying for their parents to buy it for them. Tosh quietly sat on the edge of her seat and Krisha stood in my lap in amazement watching the three rings below us. Their eyes were fixed. Mine were full of tears. It was then when I realized what beautiful children I had been blessed with. When the circus was over, we were leaving and Tosh said. I think I would like to buy a light up sword. Krisha’s eyes lit up and she said “me too” and went digging in her purse it get her $5 bill (yes, she carried a purse at age two.) They left laughing and talking about everything they saw that night and lighting up their swords on the way home. “Thank you,” Tosh said, “Thank you for taking us to the circus. “Me too,” Krisha said.

I knew as I sat in the car waiting to get out of the parking lot, that out of thousands of children, mine might have been the only ones who had spoken those words to their Mom or Dad.

I tell you all that just so you will get a small glimpse of who they are. Now tell me, what do I get a sweet girl like this for her 14th birthday?

Kisses!