It’s bad enough to lose a family member during the holiday season, but to lose one close to a birthday? The hits just keep coming.
Today is my mom’s birthday. She’s announced she’s taking a rain check on it.
We’ve been playing interference with phone calls for the last few days, and today, mom instructed me to tell everyone who calls that she’s not available. One of her brothers, I believe, called to wish her a happy birthday. Are you kidding me? (Good intentions and all, but — what the hell?)
My sister bought her a pendant inscribed with my dad’s name and his nickname for her. I didn’t even think to get her anything.
So I jumped onto my Flickr account and ordered an enlargement of this print. While she was at church, I bought a frame from Target and presented her with the picture.
It’s not as fancy as pendant, but she was nicely surprised. I’m just glad the technology exists to make such quick-thinking possible.