I love the passing of time

I had a dream last night where I was in a department store, walking past the women’s clothing section. Saw someone paying for a cute skirt & heard the price. It was amazingly low - something like $3.99. I went to the rack to see if they had it in my size. They did. Allison was there, then & was encouraging me to buy it. I said that I didn’t think that I would - I would never wear girly clothes like that & didn’t have anything to wear with it, anyway. Suddenly, we were in my bedroom, looking in a drawer in a dresser. Allison was pulling out pretty, girly, hippy-looking shirts that I had there, saying “You haven’t worn this in a long time” & “This would look great with that skirt”.

Maybe the dream Allison is right. Maybe I should start bringing out a more feminine, girly look, instead of my usual t-shirt, jeans & tennis shoes. Hmmm…

Last night, Annie asked Allison to play Cootie with her.

They played while I was finishing up getting dinner ready (Jim had started it).

I think they started out playing regular, but, after a while it turned into the kind of game that Annie likes, where the bugs were friends & playing with each other.

I love watching Allison play with the kids like that.

And, as usual, I feel sad that this girl who brings so much joy and happiness to this family, and who gets happiness from us as well (I hope), has that little (big?) broken piece inside of her that we are, inadvertently, responsible for.