Back To Work... With A Little Surprise!

I went back to work... again... today. It was ok... kinda rough through some parts of the day... but I made it. Everyone was really happy to see me... and was excitedly filling me in on all the *stuff* that happened while I was away. I guess they wanted to keep me in the thick of things. (I wasn't really surprised by any of it... I kinda thought..."That figures!") Things never change... really... some people are extremely predictable.

I was in the middle of decorating some cakes for orders... and once again I was blessed by two little faces peeping up over the top of the cake case. Little voices that I knew saying, "Hi Suzii!!!" followed by giggles. I turned around to see two angelic little grinning faces that I knew very well. One of the little faces... always takes me back to my childhood days... growing up with my best friend... (my cousin, Denise, http://pharoahstreasure.blogspot.com ). Then I hear the ever known-to-my-heart voice of my Uncle Wallace (Denise's dad)... making sure that Jess and Georgia had given me a hug. Jess is Denise's middle son, and Georgia is her youngest... and is the spitting image of Denise when she was that little. An exact copy of my childhood playmate. Jess and Georgia both gave me great big squishy hugs. The first thing Jess asked was... "Can I have a taste of some icing?" Then Georgia... jumping up and down..."Me too! Me too! Me too!" I told them they better ask their Grandpa (cuz I knew he would be the one to have to chase after them for the rest of the day). =o) poor Grandpa! I went around the other side of the counter and got two little tiny taster spoons and filled one with brilliant blue icing and the other with brilliant pink icing. Once returned to the two anxious little "gimme icing" faces... Jess' lips and tongue turned blue... and Georgia's was bright pink (of course Georgie squished her lips together and made it look like lipstick!) Then of course... Jess... being Jess... said, "Can I have some more?" Grinning with blue teeth that he was proud to show off. ((They didn't get anymore... cuz Grandpa said so)) I asked them if they were having fun with Grandpa... and their responses were "Yes" (both at the same time telling me what Grandpa had just bought them at Wal*Mart) ((so I don't really know what they got... but I did see some school clothes and new shoes in the basket)) They both told me that they got to talk to their Mama last night. I asked them if they enjoyed that. Jess said, "Yes, I love talking to her." Georgia said, "I cried." She kind of just looked up at me... and I searched for the right words to tell her. I know that Denise's children miss her with all their hearts... as I know Denise missed them just as much... or more. I told Georgia, "I think I would have cried too. You miss your mama. You wouldn't be normal if you didn't cry. I miss my mom... and sometimes I cry too." She looked up at me again... and smiled. So... my words may have been just that... words... but I felt so connected to her little soul when she smiled at me with those gorgeous eyes of hers. We spent a few more moments in chit-chat mode... and they gave me another hug...each one... Jess' hug was a "I'm a boy... but I'll hug ya quick" hug... and Georgia just hugs ya like she never wants to let you go. Off they went.... with Grandpa following to try to keep up with them. (He's very fit... but those kids are fast!!)

I wanted to share this... because I knew my cousin (more like sister) Denise would read it... and I wanted to share a special hug from her kids with her. =o) If I had a picture of her kids... I would post it. Perhaps Denise has one??