Huh? Really? Now?
So sure, I was on my way.
After being greeted by a very happy and wide awake Cami (I heard she had a 4 hour nap that day!...unlike her sister Elora who was fast asleep) and trying to cuddle a hungry Violet (who changes every time I see her) they presented this to me:
I was stunned. I asked, "How did you know?"
I have LOVED this picture since I first saw it nearly 2 years ago.
Erin and I, along with her mom and Elora, were all having lunch at the Victoria Cottage Rose
when I was captured by
this picture on the wall right by our table.
It was love at first sight and I mentioned that.
(although I don't remember saying anything)
Little did I know that Erin took mental note and had been trying to find the picture on the Internet ever since!!
She told me last night that she had even asked the restaurant if she could buy it and they said no.
But recently the restaurant changed ownership and apparently the new owner told Erin YES.
You know how some pictures just speak to you?
You don't have to think about it much or look at it very long before you just know you love it.
I have a love for pictures of mothers with children.
This one I found in an old bookstore many years ago.
And this one I bought at least 25 years ago at a decorating party.
I think I found this one for the playroom at a yard sale.
To me, a Mother's love is the most powerful force on earth.
Perhaps a Father's love is also, but I can't say being I've never been one.
And now I own another picture that says just that.
And it's gorgeous!
I was so excited by it all that I could not go to sleep til 2:30am!
I slept in til 7:30 but still I feel a nap coming on soon.
Even more than the picture itself,
I am in awe that Erin would go to so much trouble just for little ol' me.