Sweeter to Me

"They are lovely! But Beth's roses are sweeter to me," said Mrs. March, smelling the half-dead posy in her belt. (Little Women)

Today is Mother's Day!

Marley was so excited to give me a card and poem w/ her hand print that she made at school. She is a rock when it comes to surprises! When I picked her up from school on Friday her friend started to show me what they had made and Marley kept telling her not to show me. Later that night she was asking me strange questions as to whether I needed to get in her closet to choose her clothes the next day?? She was acting suspicious and I realized it was because she had hidden the gifts in her closet! She loves to give and is such an amazingly thoughtful girl. Ella colored a picture for me after she heard Marley talking about her gifts!! (So funny that she picked up on the fact she should have a gift for me too!) I also received a geranium from the girls (they were giving them away free at the hardware store) but you would have thought it was the most exquisite flower ever!

That flower and those handmade gifts are sweeter to me than anything I could have received! The unabashed excitement is so precious! I hope they know that all I ever need from them is a construction paper drawing or a hand print on a piece of paper as long as it is given with the love that these gifts were given today!