Just Because

Posted by: Ann Petzel 5 years, 10 months ago

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when i came home after getting my first tattoo, i was very excited to share the results with my family.  our then college aged son looked at it quizzically, asking:  " 'Just Because' you wanted to get a tattoo?  ok Mom."  i could tell he didn't get it.

it all started years ago.  one of my sisters and her family were able to come home from their mission field bout every 2 years, usually for a number of months.  during that time they would stay with our folks for a bit.  just before leaving, she would leave Post-It notes in various places for Mom and Dad to find later.  for example, in Mom's huge bucket of laundry soap she would dig down and place a note that would thank her for all the laundry she did.  it soon morphed into an entire extended family tradition that we renamed from Post-It notes, to sticky notes.



my very favorite sticky note is one from my Dad.  i think he began to leave them after Mom went Home.  more often than not they would be accompanied by a $50 bill.  truly, it was not the money (tho that $50 frequently made the difference in our wee budget!) that made his sticky note a treasure to me.  it was what it said: 

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