Gracie: December 2007 Archives

Gracie wrote me a poem in the last days of her 9 year old glory.

Holiday Poem

Roses are red, Violets are blue
I like candy canes, How about you?
They come in colors red, green and blue,
It makes me think of Christmas
I love you.

I love her, too.

This little girl waited until we were literally walking out the door to tell me she was opening the school holiday program. She plays the viola. And so she did with a small group of other 'strings' players.

Afterward she participated in the program as a singer.

We could not stress enough to her how important it is that we know these things at least a day in advance.  I was holding my breath that the charge on the video camera would hold out through the program.

Tonight we are off to another program. This time it is a Christmas concert. The same little girl will be playing her viola. The camera is charging right this very minute.

Why does every school program require white shirt and black pants? Seriously. In some places I am sure it is easy to find black pants for girls. Here? Ha! I have had to hunt down and try to catalog order a simple pair of black pants. She was mortified when I suggested we go to boys department and just grab a pair of black jeans.

Persistance paid off. We found one pair of black (not too dressy) trousers after hours of looking through mall stores.

After you having moments of feeling as if everything is rushed this Christmas Season?