Story Book

Things that went Right Today:

1) Snow flakes falling on Christmas weekend! Beautiful
2) My new watch with Rhinestones from my girls. So glam
3) Bought some domain names. I feel so official.


My three year old son loves to tell stories. They all begin with "Once Upon A time" and are short and oh so sweet. He keeps us all laughing with his crazy tales, complete with priceless inflections and dramatizations. He's quite a little character. One of the favorite gifts I found waiting for me under the Christmas tree yesterday morning didn't cost a thing. It was a handmade book of stories...told by my darling little son and compiled and illustrated by his 12 year old sister as a surprise for me.
A few excerpts:

"Once Upon A Time there were three little Batmans and they still flying."

"Once Upon a Time there was three little chocolates and they went to a game."

"Once Upon a time an apple tree was flying to a bat. The End."

Now to most of you these stories may not sound like much. Certainly not the obvious manifestations of brilliance that I find them to be. But that's only because you did not see the face of the little boy who shared them with me. Countenance all lit up with excitement as he blurted out "Mommy, do you like my stories? I love you!" And you didn't see the pride on that innocent face when I told him they were the most wonderful stories I had ever read. And indeed they were. Because they were straight from his heart with no other purpose than to bring joy to someone else. What better gift could a mother ever receive than that?

I'm thankful today for the storybook that will help me relive these moments years from now when they otherwise would have faded from my memory. This really is the good stuff.