{"id":1970,"date":"2010-06-06T19:19:46","date_gmt":"2010-06-06T23:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=1970"},"modified":"2010-06-06T19:19:46","modified_gmt":"2010-06-06T23:19:46","slug":"sometimes-history-repeats-itself-and-rewards-you-with-strawberries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=1970","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes history repeats itself and rewards you with strawberries."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thirty four years ago, Frank and I had been married less than a year, we had just returned from living in Edmonton, Alberta and were putting our apartment together and enjoying the June sun in Akron, Ohio.<\/p>\n

Robin called me and asked if I would babysit for her daughter, Allyson, in exchange for a basket of strawberries. <\/p>\n

Now, whilst in Edmonton, I had missed ALL of my family.  I was homesick for reasonable weather conditions and for all the familiarity of home and loved ones-  BUT<\/u><\/strong>– I had really missed the time watching my sister’s baby girl grow up.<\/p>\n

So, I didn’t even hesitate and said YES!!!<\/p>\n

I would have done it for the pure joy of the baby- but the strawberries sounded like a great payment, as well.<\/p>\n

Robin brought her over and put her into my arms. I held her for the next four hours ( if I put her down she looked around, saw her mother wasn’t there and started crying!) .  I was so happy to be back home, to have that precious baby entrusted to me for a little while, to be in the United States, with my sisters and brothers and mother close at hand.  I still remember how the world seemed to be a beautiful place.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, I got a call from that baby, now almost 35 years old, asking if I would babysit for her foster baby, Nico, in exchange for a basket of strawberries.<\/p>\n

Again- no hesitation whatsoever.<\/p>\n

“Yes.”<\/p>\n

So, I got to hold and feed a two week old baby and feast on strawberries, afterward.<\/p>\n

And – really- my world is a beautiful place.<\/p>\n

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