It was the early 80's. My best friend and I at Me n Ed's Pizza celebrating Jeannette's birthday. We used two cars to transport all of the kids to the pizza party. Jeannette was having her first sleep over and had invited 8 of her friends. After the pizza we all headed back home. I played music and the girls all danced around laughing and stuff. I remember in the morning I made pancakes, bacon and eggs and then off they went to their individual homes. All except for one little girl. I forgot her name but she asked me if I could be her mommy because she loved everything about me. Jeannette kept begging me to please let her stay and so they could become sisters. It was funny at the time to me but now I realize I must have been one heck of a good mom. Anyway, I called the little girl's mom and told her what her daughter had said to me. The mom told me that she was busy and going out of town and could I take care of her for two weeks. I thought about it at first and then declined. I felt at the time that I was not in anyway capable of taking on another child. I had no child support coming in and only relied on my small paycheck to get us by. Reluctantly, I had to tell Jeannette that her friend could not live with us. Jeannette was sad at first but forgot all about the situation because she was just a little girl and something else caught her attention. Her big sister was going for a bike run and she went with her.
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