OK TIME FOR FUN

I NOTICE MY LAST THREE ENTRIES ARE CRABBY, SO I DECIDE TO MAYBE HAVE A CHEERY ONE.
WHEN OUR DAUGHTER DIED IN 1984 OUR NEIGHBORS HAD THEIR SON MOVE IN WITH THEM HE HAD 2 LITTLE GIRLS ONE WAS 4 AND A BABY OF 6 MONTHS. WELL THE GRANDMOTHER HAD A JOB DOING MEDICARE BILLING FOR DOCTORS AND SHE NEEDED SOMEONE TO CARE FOR THIS BABY THE 4 YR OLD WAS IN MONTESSORI SCHOOL .
BOTH OF THESE LITTLE GIRLS WERE VERY BEAUTIFUL WITH BLOND HAIR AND BLUE EYES AND A CERTAIN SWEETNESS AND INNOCENCE ABOUT THEM.
I ASKED IF I MIGHT CARE FOR THE BABY BECAUSE I WAS IN A STATE OF GRIEVING FOR MY DAUGHTER AND I COULD NOT WORK AT MY PROFESSION AS IT WAS TOO STRESSFUL AT THIS TIME. THE GRANDMA WAS DELIGHTED BECAUSE I HAVE HAD SO MUCH TRIANING IN CHILD BEHAVIORISM.
WELL, ANYWAY I TOOK CARE OF THIS LOVELY BABY FOR 1 YEAR UNTIL I HAD RECOVERED ENOUGH TO RETURN TO MY WORK. BUT THIS LITTLE ANGEL SAVED ME AND MY MIND AND HELPED TO EASE THE PAIN OF LOSS OF MY CHILD. TO GET ON WITH THE STORY, WE WOULD TAKE HER ALL OVER THE DOWNTOWN AREA IN HER STROLLER AND WE'D GOTO COFFEE SHOPS SHOPPING AND PLAYGROUNDS AND PARKS WITH HER WE SPENT AT LEAST 4 HOURS A DAY WHISKING HER AORUND AND SHE LOVED IT AND SOON ALL THE DOWNTOWNERS KNEW HER ON SIGHT, SHE WAS SUCHA SWEET TEMPERED LITTLE BABY NEVER CAUSE D ANY TROUBLE OR ANXIETY. PURE PLEASURE TO HAVE HER.
WELL AFTER I WENT BACK TO WORK SHE WENT TO A DAYCARE CENTER RUN BY A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR WORKING MOMS AND SHE LOVED IT. BUT WE STILL TOOK HER OUT EVERY WEEKEND IN HER STROLLER AND SAW HER ALMOST DAILY AND GRANDMA AND I TALKED ABOUT HER PROUDLY AND WATCHED HER GROW AND LEARN SUCH A TREAT!! HER FIRST CHGRISTMAS I VIDEOTAPED IT SHE GOT A PRESENT AND HER SISTER HAD TO OPEN IT FOR HER AND WHEN IT WAS OPEN SHE WAS DELIGHTED AND SHE HAPPILY SAID " A BOCK A BOCK!" A BOX SHE WAS SO DELIGHTED TO GET A BOX SHE DIDNT KNOW THERE WAS A PRESENT IN IT . WHAT A DOLL!
THIS WENT ON FOR A FEW YEARS AND EVEN AT AGE 4 SHE WOULD PUSH HER STROLLER OVER TO OUR HOUSE AND ASK FOR A WALK!
ONCE, SHE SPENT THE NIGHT WITH US AND HER SISTER LAUGHED AND SAID TO US? SLEEP HAHAH YOU ARE IN FOR A SURPRISE! WHEN WE WENT TO BED SHE BEGAN TO PLAY AND DAD TOLD HER "NO AMANDA ITS TIME TO SLEEP NO PLAYIGN NOW" AND SHE WENT TO SLEEP. WE DISCOVERED THAT SHE DID THIS A LOT AT HOME AND NO ONE WAS GETTING A LOT OF SLEEP THERE . I THINK WHEN WE GOT A HANDLE ON IT FOR THEM IT ALL WORKED OUT!
TODAY SHE IS 25 YEARS OLD AND HAS A BABY BOY OF HER OWN
SHE AND SISTER STILL LIVE WITH THEIR DAD AND GRANDMA HAS GONE TO THE HEREAFTER. SHE WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL WOMAN SUCH A COMFORT TO ME SHE AND HER HUSBAND WERE SO KIND AND SUPPORTIVE WHEN I LOST MY CHILD I WILL ALWAYS LOVE THAT FAMILY.