"Sam, I think you are making a big deal out of it when there is no need to," Brynna said as she hung laundry on the clothes line," He's going to be six; he most likely won't even remember this birthday."

"I know, Mom," replied Sam, hanging up a towel," But I just love the little tike so much that it has to be a special birthday, whether he remembers it or not."

(Sam had started calling Brynna "Mom" last mother's day; it brought both of them pleasure.)

"Why don't you get him that dump truck he had his eye on? I'm sure he'd love it."

"Yeah, he'd love it at first, but then he'll forget all about it. No, it has to be something he'd never get tired of."

Brynna looked over at the twenty year old beside her and shook her head. It would be hard to find a gift that a little boy with a short attention span would never get tired of, but if anyone could do it, Sam could.

Three hours later:

Ring, ring.

"I'll get it," called Sam," Hello?"

"Hi, Sam," said Jen," Could you come over and help me with a horse?"

"Sure, I'll be right over," Sam replied.

Jen, although she was in vet school, still job shadowed the vet during break. Quite often, Dr. Scott ended up dropping off an animal for her to take care of during the summer, his place being too full.

"This is the horse you need help with? What's wrong, is he too much for you?" Sam asked sarcastically.

"Haha, very funny. I don't need your help handling him; I need your help finding a home for him. Know anyone that would be interested?" Jen asked, looking at the gorgeous miniature horse who was grazing peacefully in the field with the Shetland ponies.

"Yes, actually, I do," Sam said, a smug smile spreading across her face.

Cody's birthday:

As the Forster family finished singing happy birthday to Cody, Sam snuck outside to get the black gelding ready. She tied a big red ribbon around his shiny neck, and when the adults brought Cody outside to see his present, the smile on his face proved that she had accomplished what she set out to do; she had found the perfect gift.

"What are you going to name him?" she asked her little brother.

He considered for a moment while stroking the black's nose, and his answer surprised everyone: "Blackie!"