A Gift of Time
@GardenGerty (157782)
United States
August 12, 2017 8:16am CST
Well, my daughter in law forgot that we were going to treat them to ice cream on my birthday. She is the one who usually remembers. She took her two daughters to Wichita so the oldest could get her eyebrows colored for a late birthday gift for her, since school is starting.
My son was available to meet the rest of us for icecream, though and that was great.
We hung out on his porch afterwards and waited for "his girls" to get home.
So here is a picture of me, with my two kids.
For my birthday my daughter has taken the time to drive six hundred miles to be with me, and we are trying to tear down old cabinets in half my kitchen.
My son was available to meet the rest of us for icecream, though and that was great.
We hung out on his porch afterwards and waited for "his girls" to get home.
So here is a picture of me, with my two kids.
For my birthday my daughter has taken the time to drive six hundred miles to be with me, and we are trying to tear down old cabinets in half my kitchen.10 people like this
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@GardenGerty (157782)
• United States
16 Aug 17
She was here for four days. Her intent was to stay longer, but I had to work and the little ones were really missing their own home.
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@LadyDuck (459916)
• Switzerland
16 Aug 17
@GardenGerty How sad you had to work, a longer stay would have been so nice.
@Hannihar (129635)
• Israel
28 May 18
@GardenGerty
Nice picture of the 3 of you. Happy Belated birthday.
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@GardenGerty (157782)
• United States
28 May 18
I am very nearly to my next one. They are great kids.
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@GardenGerty (157782)
• United States
16 Aug 17
Oh, we did not get finished. . . too well made. I need my husband to exert some muscle. On the other hand, my daughter worked with me to get a few small but annoying things done around here as well.
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@celticeagle (159754)
• Boise, Idaho
13 Aug 17
How nice to have kids who think of us on our birthday. That is the day we are given to have that attention. Did you get the cabinets torn down?
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@GardenGerty (157782)
• United States
16 Aug 17
Sometimes it does not happen, but this year I had such a bad summer, my daughter wanted to come and make me feel good. I do not see her kids often enough.
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You can really see a strong resemblance between you all.
So nice to be able to spend some quality time with family, it sure is the best. @GardenGerty (157782)
• United States
16 Aug 17
It is great. Of course I think the world of them. I probably do not tell them often enough, though.
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@Juliaacv (48573)
• Canada
16 Aug 17
@GardenGerty And with us, we say it multiple times each time we see our son, and even last weekend, we were talking about it with our son's future mother-in-law, and our son said that we talk about it fairly often, and she smiled and said, I know, I see it and hear it with you and my daughter too. We don't just say it, we mean it when we say that we love each other, and those words do come easily to us.
@RasmaSandra (73950)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12 Aug 17
Nice photo. Glad your daughter will be helping you. Hope it all works out fine and do be careful.
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@GardenGerty (157782)
• United States
16 Aug 17
She worked hard on the cabinets, but they did not want to come down intact, as I wanted them. We went on to do a lot of other chores. I will just take sledge hammer and crowbar to the cabinets. We had no injuries, so that was nice.
@GardenGerty (157782)
• United States
16 Aug 17
Thank you. It was good to have them around.
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@atoz1to10 (6781)
• Australia
12 Aug 17
Happy birthday to you... 21st again?? 
So you are a Leo? Im one too if you are.
So you are a Leo? Im one too if you are.@GardenGerty (157782)
• United States
16 Aug 17
So, when is your birthday? No, I would never want to be 21 again. I have earned these gray hairs and the wisdom and experience that goes with them.
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@atoz1to10 (6781)
• Australia
19 Aug 17
@GardenGerty mine is 31/7... No, I don't think I want to be 21 again... It means that I have to start everything all over again.. When I go out with my old friends, I can't get use children's menu because I'm too old and I can't use senior's menu because I'm not there yet...
