Beth-- I love what you wrote, (I wrote a title in my journal that said something like

"Now that my mother has died, Im taking her advice")

My mother had this thing she did with all of us--""How big is ____? And we'd raise our arms over our heads, and answer "Sooo Big! I've been doing it on facetime with my granddaughter, without a lot of success, Yesterday, she smiled, gurgled and flung her arms high up in the air when she saw me. At first I felt wistful--like my mother would have loved it. Then I realized that my mother was loving it--and I let myself laugh with abandon. Thanks for the birthday wishes martha