Parker meet Penny! Tomorrow night Jon, Parker and I are flying to Dallas to visit my family. I can't wait! There is something about going "home" isn't there? It's very centering for me. Tomorrow will be especially fantastic because I get to introduce my dog, Penny to my son Parker. Penny is pretty close to 500 years old. I have had her since I was in ELEMENTARY school. Well - my parent's have had her but I still claim her. It's like two worlds will collide. Old Emily meets New Emily.

When I was little I started bringing Penny to the stairs and we would sit and I would tell her everything (the poor girl). It is safe to say that Penny knows every insignificant details about the trails of my adolesent years and even into "adulthood" (if we are calling it that). She knows about the devestation of the Great Move from Madison to Tulsa, the soap opera saga of boyfriends that came in and out, you get the point I am sure...Penny grew up with me! So you can see how I can feel all tingly about introducing the two of them! I feel like having Parker now officially makes me "grown up". The drama is over and all is settled. I have found a place. (Penny and I take a sigh of relief together)