Get out the kleenex....

...because I'm having a trip down memory lane tonight, due to some wonderful news about a baby-to-be in the family! (NOT ME)  No details until a more public announcement is made.......

So I was meandering down memory lane in my scrapbooks, and came across this picture:

Me and my baby/toddler, Jane.  I remember that old machine that was my mom's hand-me-down, and sewing that dress for a toddler friend.  I can close my eyes and almost feel that moment - Jane in my lap, reaching out now and then, wanting to help somehow but not knowing how, and me, taking my foot off the pedal, and gently reminding her to just watch, don't touch.  And then I blinked, and it's 14 years later......
....and now I'm going to go cry!