Today’s Fortune: There is a true and sincere friendship between you and your friends.

This is a great and true fortune. My wonderful friend Dharma arrived today, and I almost didn’t get to blog tonight, because I have been showing her around our house and helping her get settled in. She will be here for a few weeks, and I will show pictures of her tomorrow. She is beautiful!!!

My Mom has wonderful friends, too!!! On Tuesday, I was still waiting for Dharma to get here. This was the day after we got the hula monkey box from Pam, and there was another package in the mail!! It was very, very good, even though it was not Dharma. It was a package from my Mom’s friend Tracy. She sent me all kinds of good stuff!!

There was a red and white sock monkey that said “A gift for you” on his tag.  I have not given him a name yet, but when I decide what he will be called, I will write “Hello my name is _____” on his tag in red crayon to match his stripes.  That way everybody will know who he is, and they will not mistake him as a gift for them.  I also got another sock monkey.  It is a thing called a “book marker”.  That is what you stick in your book so you don’t lose your place.  He is pretty big for my Tiny Tales books, so I will have to use him on the big books that Mom reads.  He does not have a name yet, either.  Naming sock monkeys is a very important task, and should not be rushed, so I will have to give it some thought.  Maybe Dharma will have some good ideas.

I also got some really good purple stripey socks that Tracy knitted.  They were in a sparkaly red velvet bag with snowflakes on it.  They looked very good on me, but Mom said I could not have them.  She says that they are for our grandbaby, Lily.  I was very disappointed, but I will let Lily have them.  I am keeping the bag, though.

I am so happy to have my very own sock monkeys!!  Tracy is such a good friend!  Mom says we are very blessed.  I think she is right.

I have to go.  Dharma is teaching me how to do something called “meditation”.   That is where you sit cross-legged and think deep and peaceful thoughts.  I keep falling over.  Meditation is harder than it looks.

Today’s Vocabulary Words: Book marker, meditation.