I never thought that I would go to a pot luck for the 5th grade baseball team and live to see one of the cops (who busted down my front door)
Smile straight at me and take some of MY casserole.............

I never thought that I would ride off of the homecoming game field with all of homecoming court girls in their decorated car.......

I never thought that I would be asked to write my Mother's Obituary AND to be trusted with her ashes until that next Spring.....

I never thought that I would be invited to a next door neighbor's garage warming  party....
(last weekend....I was SO nervous, but it was just fine!)

MOST importantly~ I never thought that my children would ACTUALLY & REALLY Trust AND Respect me again!