As I sit

home, by myself, while Carol is at Kari's shower, I can't help but think of my little girl, especially after hearing her theme song just play. Have had Carol's Ipod, loaded by Nate, on "Shuffle" and have been listening to some good tunes. Just heard Cyndi Lauper's, "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun",and couldn't help but think of Kari. If she ever had a theme song, that was/is it. She can make a birthday last a month, or a wedding last two. Yeah, she's been spoiled, partially because she's had so many surgeries, and we're just happy she's still here. But, ever since she's been just a little girl, she's always had that "let's have funnnnn" attitude. Just a quick Kari memory. Will NEVER forget walking around Italy with Kari.... She had been living in Amalfi, hiking up and the down the steps, kinda skinny 'cause she'd been sick AND away from her mother's cooking, without much money, well tanned, with sun-bleached hair, from laying on the beach and the hostel deck, with a well earned sense of confidence about herself. Anyway, it was SO much fun to walk a ways behind her, and see all these Italian guys get whiplash, as they spun around to take another look at this 6'2", blue-eyed blonde, with the long, tanned legs. Obviously not a local.... Carol and I had a great time, just watching the guys watch her. A fun, funny memory...