Burdenofglory’s Weblog

Note:  I wrote this the weekend of Rebecca’s tenth birthday, which was October 24th.  I was suffering from double-digit shock, and didn’t get it finished.  Rebecca read my blog last weekend and asked where her birthday pictures were.  This is coming from the child who hates to have her picture taken, and never cooperates.  This weekend I threatened her (again) that when she gets older she will regret having no record of her childhood.  So, because Rebecca asked, here it is.  Even if I’m on “vacation.”

Oh, my, Rebecca.  You’re ten already.  (Shaking head in disbelief.)

Note to readers:  I know everyone is getting sick of me whining about how fast my kids are growing up.  And Rebecca is sick of me calling her the “baby.”

You confirmed little girlhood was only a memory when all you wanted for your birthday was a remote-controlled truck.

You are so amazingly creative.

You really don’t need too much of our input in this area.

You turn every job into an adventure.  (You were supposed to be raking, but you were burying Jake in leaves instead.)

Take, for instance, your job to build “Marble Universe.”  It is definitely a bona fide adventure in our living room.  Send marbles down one way, they head to Georgia.  Send them down an off ramp, and they’re off to South America.

You are truly an amazing medium girl.  No mere “little” girl could have come up with this wonder.

Love,

Your Mama