Melinda (Aka: Kip)

Monday night Shea & I called Mel and invited her to go to dinner with us- spur of the moment! While we waited for her to get home, we ran into the market and bought a few things. I found my favorite bunch of flowers, daisies, which seem to be so hard to find these days. I also bought two boquets of roses, one for Mel and one for Shea & I. It took us forever to pick the ones out for Mel...we went back and forth and finally decided on a bunch of white ones that were gorgeous! She was so thrilled and said that nobody had ever given her white roses, ever! Of course, my sick sense of humor said, "Oh, that's because you are such a slut and white stands for purity!" I know...good friend, huh? We went to Musashi's and had a great dinner at the teppan table. (This is the kind of friend Mel is- I hate the salad dressing at the restaurant- so she brought me some that I like from home) We sat with another family who was celebrating one of their sons birthday. I guessed that he was 13...which he was and that his younger brother was 10...right again! I asked the younger boy how old he thought I was and he said, "22"- I told him that he was right on and he was great at the guessing game! I declared him to be the winner! Melinda called and left the sweetest message on our answering machine about how she was enjoying her roses so much and she even sent Shea a photo of them to her cell phone. She also told us how much she loves us...that's even better than my daisies!

We have been friends together, in sunshine and in shade.

Caroline Sheridan Norton