Today I am grateful for 49 years.

Photo: Charlie Brown at the Dallas Arboretum-photo by robin

 It was forty-nine years ago this October that Larry and I broke up. 

He had come to my house and asked me out for the next weekend.

I said that I was sorry, but I was playing the "Great Pumpkin" for the neighborhood kids. 

He was so angry that 

I chose to do that instead of going out with him.

Playing The Great Pumpkin meant that I baked special cookies, (my mother's recipe) and I would hand deliver the cookies to all the kiddos that I often babysat, in brown bags with orange notes from the Great Pumpkin on them.

Larry and I stayed broken up for a long time after that.

He dated other girls, and I stayed busy working at the local flower shop.

We got back together in January after almost 3 months apart.

You would think that we would dislike Charlie Brown but we don't.

I LOVE Charlie Brown and the entire crew.

Yes, Larry and I still celebrate The Great Pumpkin and look forward to sharing Halloween treats with our friends.

Are you ready for the Great Pumpkin?

Love you beyond the moon.

Me