AJ'S Easter Surprise
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AJ, CHARLIE, SARA AND GAVIN WERE GLAD THAT THEY COULD HELP MIG OUT. THEY LOOKED IN THE SKY ONE MORE TIME BEFORE HEADING HOME. AJ’S STOMACH TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS NEARLY TIME FOR SUPPER AND AJ WOULD NEVER MISS HIS MOM’S HOME MADE FLYLOAF WITH SMASHED GRASSHOPPERS AND SNAIL SLIME GRAVEY, YUM! BUT DESERT WAS THE BEST. MOM WAS MAKING BEETLE CUSTARD PIE WITH SHAVED ANT SPRINKLES ON TOP. AJ COULDN’T WAIT TO GET HOME.
THERE NEXT TO THE POND WAS A BIG OAK LEAF. WHATEVER WAS SHINING IN HIS ROOM WAS UNDER THAT OAK LEAF. HE REACHED DOWN TO MOVE THE LEAF AND AS HIS HAND GOT CLOSER TO THE LEAF, HE COULD FEEL A VIBRATION GETTING STRONGER AND STRONGER. JUST AS HE REACHED THE LEAF, HE WAS TO AFRAID TO TOUCH IT. HE LOOKED AROUND AND FOUND A STICK AND PUSHED THE OAK LEAF OFF. THERE UNDER THE LEAF WAS A SMALL WHITE STONE WITH A GLOWING LIGHT.
GO AWAY SLITHER, THERE IS NOTHING FOR YOU TO EAT HERE, SAID CHARLIE. SSSSSSSSSO ARE YOU AND YOUR FRIENDSSS GOING TO HELP THE LITTLE BIRD? SLITHER SAID IN DISAPOINTMENT. OF COURSE WE ARE SAID AJ. BESIDES SLITHER, YOU KNOW YOU ARE A VEGITARIAN. SO PLEASE DON’T SCARE THE LITTLE BIRD TO DEATH.
MOM WAS GATHERING HER DINNER INGREDIENTS AND WHEN SHE REACHED INTO THE CABINET TO GET OUT THE CATERPILLAR, A BUTTERLY ZOOMED OUT. MOM LET OUT A YELL. IT NEARLY SCARED HER TO DEATH. MOM SAID, WELL WE WON’T BE HAVING A SLOW ROASTED CATERPILLAR TODAY BECAUSE IT JUST FLEW OUT THE WINDOW. I GUESS IT WASN'T THAT FRESH AFTER ALL.
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About the Book
THIS BOOK CAME ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO WHEN I WOULD MAKE UP STORIES ABOUT MY ONE YEAR OLD SON, AJ, WHILE I TRIED TO GET HIM TO SLEEP. HE LOVED TO HEAR HIS NAME IN THE STORIES AND HE WOULD GET SO EXCITED WHEN HE DID SOMETHING GOOD IN THE STORIES I TOLD HIM.
AS AJ GOT OLDER, I BEGAN TO USE OUR EVERYDAY LIFE IN THESE STORIES. I TRIED TO LEAD HIM INTO THE RIGHT DIRECTION ON HOW TO HELP PEOPLE EVEN THOUGH WE DID NOT KNOW THEM OR HOW TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT SO NICE TO US.
WHEN I WOULD HEAR ABOUT A TRAGIC STORY OF A CHILD WHO WAS TAKEN FROM A MALL OR HIT BY A CAR OR LOST AT A CROWDED ATTRACTION, I WOULD INSERT AJ’S NAME WHILE TELLING HIM THE STORY TO HELP HIM UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO LISTEN TO ME WHEN I SAY NOT TO WONDER OFF WHILE IN A STORE OR GO OFF WITH A STRANGER. OF COURSE THESE STORIES WOULD END WITH A GOOD OUTCOME BUT DURING THE STORIES, I COULD SEE HIS WORRY. THIS LET ME KNOW THAT HE WAS GETTING THE MESSAGE.
BUT NOT EVERY STORY WAS A LESSON. I HAD TO MAKE UP STORIES ON A NIGHTLY BASIS. SO, I HAVE LOTS OF STORIES TO TELL. I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS ONE. THIS STORY IS ONE OF HIS FAVORITES.
About the Author
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO ALL MY BABIES; AJ, CHARLIE, GAVIN & ISABEL.
I’M A 46 YEAR OLD MOTHER OF TWO SONS, ONE GRANDSON & GRAND DAUGHTER, ISABEL, ON THE WAY. I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO WRITE A BOOK BUT NEVER TOOK THE TIME TO DO IT. I HAD MY FIRST SON AT AN EARLY AGE AND MY SECOND SON AT AGE 37. BEING AN OLDER MOM, I HAD A LOT MORE PATIENCE THIS TIME AROUND.
I HAVE LIVED ALL MY LIFE IN MARYLAND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 2 YEARS WHEN I LIVED IN ARIZONA AS A TEENAGER.
LIKE MOST PEOPLE, I HAVE HAD TO WORK ALL MY LIFE TO SUPPORT MY FAMILY, UP TO THREE JOBS WHILE GOING TO COLLEGE.
I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED TO READ AND ALSO HAD A DESIRE TO WRITE A BOOK MYSELF. ALL I NEEDED WAS A LITTLE PUSH FROM MY YOUNGEST SON TO MAKE UP STORIES FOR HIM. THAT PUSH GAVE ME THE IDEA TO PUT MY STORIES INTO PRINT, THEREFORE, FULFILLING MY DREAM.
HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR HIM, I NEVER WOULD HAVE HAD THE CONFIDENCE IN MYSELF TO ACTUALLY COMPLETE IT.
I LOVE YOU KIDS!