when you were maybe nine or ten, you took a day trip, without me, to one of those touristy attractions in the northern part of the state. it was summer. i remember because you were dressed in shorts as you stood at the table and showed the souvenir you'd brought home: this ornament for the christmas tree. the mouse isn't anything i would have ever thought to buy but i do love it and all it signifies. i was so touched that you'd purchased something for "us," for our family, rather than something just for you. a christmas present in the heat of summer.
12.13.2008
#13: miss mouse
when you were maybe nine or ten, you took a day trip, without me, to one of those touristy attractions in the northern part of the state. it was summer. i remember because you were dressed in shorts as you stood at the table and showed the souvenir you'd brought home: this ornament for the christmas tree. the mouse isn't anything i would have ever thought to buy but i do love it and all it signifies. i was so touched that you'd purchased something for "us," for our family, rather than something just for you. a christmas present in the heat of summer.
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I remember!
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