HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CINDY

I am writing this blog for Cindy. On April 2 it will be her birthday, and it makes me both happy and sad. She has always been my baby, and I hate to see the years flying by. I feel this way every time my daughters add another year. It never seems to stop and I never seem to get used to it! Maybe that's because I don't feel like I get older each year! I just go on and think everything is still the same. That works for me! Cindy is still her same funny, crazy beautiful self.  She was so good with me when I was ill and in and out of the hospital. She and Teri saved me! They spent time with me and even moved me to my new apartment -- they arranged everything and helped me get settled. I feel so fortunate to have ended up with my caring daughters. Their dad was always so proud of them and I wish he were still around to see how they're doing.

I see Cindy a couple of times  a month, and I put out my clothes that I don't wear anymore. Sometimes she takes some and other times she takes me shopping. I got a couple pair of jeans recently when we were shopping and ended up giving them to Cindy a few weeks later! It's good that we're about the same size.

She has a big dog - April. April is a huge mastiff who has lots of hair, a big smell and much drool! She is a sweet dog but awfully big to have in a small apartment! She loves the marrow in roast bones, so Cindy buys the bones and then scrapes out the marrow for April. Cindy says there are bones all over the floor! I don't see that as I never visit  them in Washington and couldn't go up their stairs anyway. When I was young, I loved marrow and would always fight  over it with my brother whenever my mom cooked a roast. We had to take turns and it was always a special time for us. However, we never left bones all over the floor since Cindy wasn't around to pick them up for us. So we did the hard part by picking out the marrow and sometimes sucking it out! Where did all those good times go? I just wonder if April knows how lucky she is having a mother like Cindy.

So have a really fun day, Cin.
Don't ever forget how much I love you - it's a lot!
As you can see, I'm still having trouble with my computer. I have worked on it for days so I'm giving it up! I didn't want two pictures but I like them! So that's it for your birthday blog!!