Mother’s Day is coming up and soon my kids and husband will be dropping hints about the occasion and starting to feel me out for my choice of present. You know, for so many years I used to come up with lame answers like, “I don’t need anything” or “Breakfast in bed” or even the perennially pathetic “I’d like a day off from the dishes.” And because I made it easy, that’s what I usually got – Nadda. Well as I’ve matured, a few things have finally come clear for me and this year I’m asking for a Japanese Flowering Cherry Bonsai tree. It’s part of a long term training program.
This outdoor bonsai tree will make a wonderful addition to my back deck this year. I love to entertain (mostly myself) out there as soon as it’s warm enough to stay outside and I’ve always imagined a bonsai tree of my own. So I’m really hoping that they listen to what I want and it comes through as reliably as breakfast in bed for Mother’s Day. I’m thinking that if this works I’m going to start working on a diamond tennis bracelet. I have a lot of years of dishes to make up for.
