Present time!

So, here it is, birthday time. The chance to ask for anything I want.

I always ask for a horse. It's the only thing I want. But year after year, I get presents that are not a horse.

It was the same with Christmas. Boy, my parents, especially my Mom, had the most incredible imagination, coming up with gifts I would like, even though they weren't what I really wanted or asked for. (But God was watching it all, and He had a plan in mind...)

I have to hand it to them, I had a very very happy childhood, really what would be called idyllic.

I'd have to say my earliest memory was of sitting on the floor in the living room with the sun shining through the front windows, watching dust particles dance through the sunbeams. I was always good at happily playing by myself. I know this because I was told I stayed in my playpen until I was three years old.

I pretty much had to stay in there for safety from my two big brothers and big sister! Especially my biggest brother.

Anyway, back to my dream of being a horse...

Once I found out I couldn't BE a horse, I said I wanted to HAVE a horse of my very own.