Witty Whitney moment! brought to you by mom :)

I remember as a little girl going out and picking a bunch of dandelions and thinking the bouquet of weeds were very pretty flowers, then bringing them in and giving them to my mom. She would act like I had just brought her the most wonderful thing in the whole world and she would put them in a vase , or a paper cup,on the table.

I still remember how I felt when I found out they were weeds and not very desirable ones. It made me wonder why she liked dandelions so much, I just figured she must have been faking it to spare my feelings. I know now, that is not the case.

Whitney made her first dandelion bouquet this summer. While she was making it I felt so proud of her and I really was excited to see how her little handful of yellow flowers would turn out. But most of all I was really excited for the moment that she would show her mommy how much she loved her by bringing in the finished product and wanting my approval. finally the time came. After many minutes of arranging each flower so that they would all bunch up perfectly in her hands she showed it to me. I beamed, I thought it really was more beautiful than anything I had ever seen and I was so proud that she had put so much time into something to give to me. I had already found the perfect vase that I was going to put them in. With a big smile on my face I asked her, "are those for me?" She gave me a sideways look, as if I had just said something ridiculous. She said, as she smirked, "These not you's these mine". And that is the only time in my life that I have been disappointed to not receive dandelions.