Re: OT -

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Glad your mother actually made it inside, " born on the hill " Hill! You

and your mom have a very special relationship. That's wonderful to hear.

I really liked your story about lilacs. Now I'm really anxious for ours to

come out.

> Hi ,

>

> I had to giggle about your comment of being born on the hill. No, my Mom

made

> it there. Up on the hill " inside " for delivery. The other thing kinda

ironic

> about it, is my last name is Hill!

>

> Our Lilacs already bloomed. They started budding early April, soon, our

> Lilacs for the year, will be gone! I actually grieve them when they go.

Isn't

> that silly! Bcs I know I will have to wait an entire year to smell them

> again. But this year, I plan to make Lilac water with some of them. So I

can

> sniff them all year! LOL They also bring back memories for me of my

growing

> up. We had one small lavender Lilac tree in our yard and every year around

> this time I would walk over and peek around the side of the garage to see

if

> they were *ready* yet. Mom knows how very much I love Lilacs and one year

> while I was out with friends, she went and picked a bouquet and put them

up

> in my attic bedroom (my room was the only one upstairs. One large room and

> one smaller room I loved that bedroom! And the low ceilings! I still miss

it

> sometimes.) Anyway, when I got home and starting *running* up the stairs,

2

> at a time (now I can't even make it up one! LOL), I could smell them

before I

> saw them. Mom always did nice things like that for me. STILL DOES, I got

my

> Easter Lilacs. One year for Easter, I went up in my room and there was a

big

> white bunny for me. A note pinned to him telling me Happy Easter and I

love

> you. I named him Number 89 for the year I got him. We used to also leave

> notes for each other to find. While she was asleep, I would sneak into her

> room and leave a note somewhere, like attached to the TV antennae for her

to

> find, and for me she would leave them on my bedroom stairs. We would leave

> little quotes or bible phrases. Whatever.

>

> Memories...

>

> Hugs,