But, to see Esme dancing in circles through the flashlight beam as the world glitters in every molecule around her wherever the light touches in the darkness... I will remember that one for a long time.
Click to see the picture full size and zoom in. It's worth it.
Esme's Christmas party and drama program was this morning. I walked her to the school bus and then got myself ready to go and meet her at her classroom at 8:30. I was just a few minutes late - as the parking lot was FULL and I had to drive around the block. The door was closed when I got to the classroom - carrying her little exchange bags and the gift for the teacher - but when a grandmother came up right behind me we both decided to open the door. There was Esme and her classmates dressed in reindeer antlers. They were doing their little dance routine as the reindeer in the LeRoy the RedNecked Reindeer program their teacher had worked with them on. They even did a line dancing routine. It was very cute!
Afterwards Esme told me she was just about to maybe cry because she didn't think I was coming, and then I came in the door. ;) We made it home afterwards and then Mark took me on to work. I made it through work (although it was FREEZING and I had to wear my hat in the store just to survive the night!). We stopped by the store and got a few last things before we came home.. now I have two days off.
I'm reading the book 'Bedding the Enemy' by Mary Winn. Again, it is the characters that make it enjoyable, and the way they bicker and test each other while also supporting and protecting each other. After that, I have some 'cubist literature' stuff lined up... things to read while trying to decide where next to take my novel.
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