"Hurry up!" Annie said to her mom as she went barreling down the stairs. "I'm coming." Ms. Mary Weston called back to her daughter. She was almost ready to go Christmas shopping when she remembered that she had forgotten to get her gloves out of her coat pocket. She found Christmas to be a bittersweet time of year at their house. Her beloved husband of eighteen years had passed away on Christmas Eve four years …showed first 75 words of 559 total…

…showed last 75 words of 559 total…Mary asked Annie what her favorite part of Christmas was. Annie replied "Knowing that my birthday is tomorrow." *** "Mommy, Mommy wake up" Mary heard those words and knew exactly what this day was going to bring. "Today's my birthday" Annie said. The now ten-year old managed to get Mary up quickly. When Annie asked what they were going to do today Mary told her that Annie wouldn't believe it if she told her. Bibliography none