As promised, Mom showed up Saturday and proceeded to sit on our couch for an hour and a half reading Some Bright Morning and visiting. She intentionally skipped some pages, so she would have something to look forward to when she got her own book. It was nice to see her and visit with her.

My cousin came by later on with flowers and a card from him and his family. So sweet. A friend came by, too. She read some poems and asked what I was thinking about when I wrote certain ones.

Yesterday, we spent the day hanging out with our best friend and her daughter. She spent a long time with my poetry, reading each one, and asking me about them. Then, she'd read it a second time. Her daughter  even listened to the one about her. She sat on the couch, like a big girl, between my sister and best friend and looked so interested in it.