my daughter, Jenny, becomes 50 yrs old this month. Fifty. FIFTY. i'm not much for birthday celebrations after grade school. But my daughter…..becomes 50.
How to MARK this? This has been a hard year for us. She has come into her motherhood and grandmotherhood Hard. How to commemorate.
the Macaroni Necklace.
She and i made a macaroni necklace for her grandmother, my mother.
Emrie and i set to it. I was not expecting a lot. It's tedious work, requiring a lot of focus. Will. Emrie is more expansive, free form, but she surprisingly set to the task. and we DID it. With a certain kind of ease and Joy…for New Nana. Sat and admired what we had done. Imagined Jenny opening this gift.
what you get….after becoming a mother at 16. On your 50th birthday. a macaroni necklace.
we are who we are.
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