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My children gave me some very thoughtful, handmade gifts for Mother’s Day – hand-drawn cards, collages of glued-on marbles, glitter paste and marker creations, an oven mitt with a handprint, a collection of family stories tied together to form a book …

 

I loved them all, and it brought back memories of my own handmade creations from when I was a child.

 

I kissed my “babies” – ages 13, 9 and 3 – and hugged them as many times as they would let me.

 

What a wonderful Mother’s Day, right? But it wasn’t over.

 

For some reason my 9-year-old daughter wanted me out of the house for a couple of hours later that evening. So, my husband and I left for awhile – it would be a good opportunity to buy toilet paper and shampoo.