I'm definately a Christmas Eve shopper.........Amber

Hmmm...Happy Mothers Day?! Well it started off a little clumsy as I procastinated in buying my mother's Mother's Day gift. NOT that I didn't know what i was getting her (which of course is half the battle), but I just thought it would happen on its own. The scary thing is is that I sometimes actually think things will get done on it's own...only to be brutally disappointed that it doesn't. To make a long story short; it was a fiasco to get and I had enough blonde moments to fail 80 years of school.

But all's well that ends well! I found my family at last...with the gift wrapped and locked in the trunk. My grandma from out of town was in and we had supper with her. I love hanging out with the extended family. I'm not sure why, but it's the greatest thing since they combined toilet paper with cardboard rolls.

Sorry...seriously this blog has a point. I guess I have secretly always have been a touch annoyed that I am the oldest grandchild on both sides of the family. There's no rational explaination why I feel that way, but there's always that lie that says that I have to be the responsible one without ever having someone "be there" for me. Which of course is not true. It's funny how we put expectation on ourselves. Many amazing people have poured themselves into my life.

But I was sitting there with my Grandma; and all of a sudden I realized how grateful I am to have known my grandparents. Like my grandfather passed away (tragically) 2 Feburaries ago, and I'm the only grandchild he saw graduate. Most of my cousins will never remember our grandpa which is just CRAZY to me. And I am reading this and wondering how I could write a blog on such a small thing; I just miss him. But I'm thankful that I can miss him because I knew him.

And it's just amazing how God cares about those little details in our lives. He doesn't hesitate when it comes to caring about something that the world considers insignificant.