Friday, December 3, 2010

A Simple Birthday

Today's my late mother's birthday. I remember when I was 8 or 9 years old. I didn't know much what to give her, so I went to what was called Reese's Five-and-Dime Store downtown. There I bought a packet of bobby pins, a comb, a powder puff, and a small bowl into which to put them. She was happy to receive this gift from me. What she didn't know is that earlier, when she wasn't looking, I had raided her purse for the money to buy it.

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