Mother’s Day Gift

Today being Mother’s Day I dropped a hint to Marc last weekend that if he was wanting to do something nice I had a suggestion.  Last summer his mom insisted on family photos just before Joseph went away to college.  I’m so thankful she did because they ended up being the only full family photo we’ll ever have.  I asked Marc for an 8×10 of the nicest one of the eight of us.

This morning that photo was sitting on the mantel and Zoe insisted on touching it.  She kissed Paul and Catherine in the photo a few times.  Then she pointed at everyone but her little finger kept coming back to Bernadette.  Over and over she pointed at Bernadette and grunted like she wanted to say something.  Man what I’d have given to know what was going through her little mind at that time.

Mother’s Day went better than I expected.  Except for a few brief moments in Mass I managed to control my thoughts and not let my imagination get the better of me.  Catherine heard I wanted a family photo so she made a card and drew everyone’s picture in it and signed the card from herself,  Bernadette, and Zoe.  It was so cute.  I wonder if she’s a little prophet, she drew Joseph and Paul with no hair!    Zoe must have know it was a special day too because she insisted all day that nobody would do but Mom.  She went to a few moms at the pancake breakfast after Mass but at home she’d swat the hands of anyone who tried to take her from my arms.  It was so cute!