After last nights post, I got quite a few responses suggesting I should go to the Kindergarten Halloween parade. I allowed myself the pleasure, patting my own back the whole time. But honestly, it was a little boring after five minutes, all these parents trying to get pictures of their kids’ backs, all moving by in a blur from classroom to classroom. I didn’t stay till the end, but her bestie’s mom promised she’d send a group pic. When she did send it, they all looked pretty exhausted.

I realized I could use the same borrowed time to go home and pay some bills before driving up to the hospital. It was a little anti-climatic, but I’m really glad I got to be there for some of it.

Justine’s best friend in class, Eva. Her mom handmade the costume, and her little sister was a shooting star. Isn’t she gorgeous?

A mouse and Tinkerbell

her twin brother, Hook…and a cat

Justine’s fabulous teacher, Mrs. DeMille, who lost her father a few weeks ago. We love her and feel for her.

And that’s all I got. But I was there! And its great to have such good moments to remember in the evening when the morning seems a week away! Time and its changing value is a strange mystery indeed.