Christmas- sorta OT

[Guest guest]

I want to share my best memory from this Christmas with yall. My baby

girl is 17, a senior this year, an honor student, and an awesome

Godly young woman. I have been a " gimp " her whole life, and she never

complains or asks for anything. When we were Christmas shopping, she

saw this absolutely beautiful prom-type dress, size 3, it looked like

a little doll dress- Cinderella or a fairy princess, all gold and

white and fluffy skirt. She tried it on just for fun, knowing there

was no way we could afford it anyway, even though it was very

reasonable for that kind of dress. She was so cute, twirling &

dancing in front of the mirror in her pony tail and sweatsocks, no

makeup on, and just sparkling. Everyone was watching her and smiling.

So we put it back up and went home, but we talked about how pretty it

was, and I could tell she wanted that dress more than anything she

had ever wanted, but she tried to act like it was no big deal so I

wouldn't feel bad. So,long story short,I get a very unexpected check

from her dad in the mail that would not even BEGIN to fix my car, but

would pay for the dress and a few other things if we were very

careful with the budget. For once in her life, I wanted to give her

something that she deserved but would never expect. I went and picked

up the dress that afternoon and hung it in her room. She did not

notice it at first, then she screamed, burst into tears, bounced

around like a little kangaroo, ran around the apartment,

jumped " carefullly " into my lap, kissed all over my face, called

every one of her girlfriends, and cried some more. I have never seen

more joy in one little body in my life. It felt so good to be able to

do something like that for her. She deserves every good thing that

life has to offer her. So that was my Christmas miracle- being

overwhelmed by joy. Hope this brings a smile to yall too.

Love

jane