The following was inspired by the Writer’s Workshop hosted by Mama Kat at Mama’s Losin It!
The last time my heart melted was last night when I received a totally unexpected gift. It isn’t my birthday or anything. I can’t even recall doing something so amazing that it would warrant the receipt of something so sweet. Maybe it’s because I baked cookies yesterday.
All I know is that I walked into my office and found this sitting on my computer…
It’s a hand-painted cabochon gifted to me by Miss A. As I admired her work, I realized that my 16 year old daughter wasn’t just hanging out in her bedroom listening to music and talking on the phone with her friends yesterday. She was thinking about me. And she showed it.
Of course my heart melted. How could it not?
The Writer’s Workshop prompt I chose this week was: The last time my heart melted was because…
Now it’s your turn…Visit Mama’s Losin’ It! to see the other prompts and then Join In!
4 comments
Dominique says:
Jan 13, 2011
That’s really sweet. You have a really talented and caring daughter.
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Peg says:
Jan 13, 2011
Ok..that melted my heart too! How sweet! And from a teenager no less? You must be doing something right!
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Dawn says:
Jan 13, 2011
That was so sweet. Don’t you just love these gifts from our children? Stopping by from Mama Kat’s WW.
undomestic housewife says:
Jan 13, 2011
Aww.. that is so sweet of her. And a great reminder that our loved ones are thinking of us even when we think they are busy with other things.
So sweet!