Older than I thought...

Wendy let Caetie spend the night last night so we could spend the day together for her birthday...You have no idea how old your getting till you try to keep up with a teenager...I asked her last night if she would like for Morgan to go to lunch with us and she did...I was kinda glad she wanted her to, since these days ole Grami bores her to pieces...As a matter of fact my car is broke down and we took MawMaw to work so I could have reliable transportation for the day...Well we got back around 7:45 am and I wanted to lay down till time for Caetie's hair appt, but NO she was bouncing on my bed saying "I am bored"...Whew...she says she does this to her Mom and I am sure Wendy enjoys it about as much as I did...What is it about teens that they love to bug their elders???...lol...I don't remember being that way, but I am sure I was....I went to pick up Morgan since she lives on the side of town where Candace was going to cut Caetie's hair...She cut it in long layers and curled it for her...It was so cute...Then Candace volunteered to do Morgan's for free and they both had curled hair...I'd like to brag on Caetie, she paid with her own money to get her hair cut and gave a tip without my prompting...I thought that was very thoughtful of her...We then proceeded to Walmart for a comforter set Caetie wanted and they didn't have it...Walmart only had the comforter in a twin size...Maybe she can find it at another location...Then we went to the Cheesecake Factory...it was really good, but in my opinion a tad overpriced...We ate off the lunch menu and it was still tooooo pricey...Morgan took lots of pics, some of them were hilarious...Everyone knows I hate pics of myself, so the crazy one of me got deleted, thank you very much...I don't know why Caetie didn't bring her camera, she didn't say, but it was click, click, click!!!!! Then we came back to MawMaw's so Tam could pick up Morgan for soccer practice in Gallatin and then Caetie and I continued with our evening together....She wanted a blue streak of hair...it must be a new craze or something...We finally found one at Sally's close to her house, so she was able to get her blue strand of clip on hair...lol...Teenagers!!!! I told her as long as she didn't shave both sides and have a mohawk down the middle then I think this temporary strand would be ok...It's only hair...lol...When Wendy was growing up, she would blow dry her sides up and out as she sprayed Aqua Net, she always had wings...lol....Then Erika would constantly want to change hers...Allot of her haircuts I wouldn't like at first, then by the time it was growing on me, she would change it...I couldn't even start to tell you her multiple do's with perms, straight, long, short, and colors she had...I think recently she said at 25, her hair color is all hers...lol...Anyway I am so wiped out from entertaining a teenager...Isn't it strange how time flies and one minute your raising your own children, then your spending time with your first born grandchild to turn around and she is a teenager...Man time flies...Soon my time will be over and I pray I have lived it well in the eyes of the Lord, so I can go home to where some of the most precious family members I have are waiting....


PS When you get to my age, you would gladly go back and start over again with your own children...Those are the most precious of times and yet they are gone so quickly...Take me back to the bottle rockets taped to the TV...Turtles with my girls names and the date on them...One day I would really love to pick up a turtle and there would be their names, just like it was yesterday...Bed head rides to school in the morning...lol...I know my kids loved those mornings...Fishing off the pier at the lake...and on and on and on...Maybe if Charlie had of stayed I wouldn't miss it all so much and we would be making new memories with our children and grandchildren....It's so sad what fragmented families become...That core institution that God created in the beginning is such a great blessing to those that hold on to God and each other...I say to all of you out there, don't take your companion or the time with your children for granted, in a split second it could all change...