Couldn't Stop The Tears!

The ward Visiting Teaching/Women's Conference is coming up in a few weeks, so I was invited to come to the RS presidency meeting to go over the details together this morning. By the time I got back around noon, Duff was gone. I knew he had some errands to do later on, so I just thought he decided to go earlier. He pulled into the driveway and came into the house with Christine who he picked up from school. She wanted to go to school so badly, but couldn't quite make it. I had wondered about that when she left. She is still pretty sick with this cold, but she was determined. She changed into pajamas and came down to the family room. We still hadn't seen Marley and Me and decided to watch it while she settled in and rested. Movies are never as good as the books and we had both read the book. Bawled our eyes out with the printed word. We didn't know quite what to expect with the movie. I think in this case, the book actually helped us enjoy the movie even more. AND, as you can see above, we bawled our eyes out again.

All of a sudden she sat up and reached for the tissue box on the end table. At first I thought she just needed to blow her nose. She does have a BAD cold. Not. Crying. Trying to be discreet. 14 years old, you know. I was not as discreet, but I'm the old mom. My kids expect that from me. I could barely ask her to get a tissue for me. While she handed it to me, we both started laughing at each other. We were quite the sight.

If you have ever had, loved an animal, you know what I'm talking about. I've had a dog my whole life, and a chicken, and a duck, and rabbits; mice. They get under your skin, into your heart. Big time. Thanks be to the Lord. How did He know we would benefit and learn SO MUCH from His creations???