"Mommy!"Gracie-Ann Renea Jonas, my only child, yelled as she ran down

the stairs.

"Yes?"I asked as she hoped up onto the counter, taking a little bit of

work since she is only 3.

"When is dawddy, Uncle Joewy and Uncle Kevy coming home?"She asked as

she stole a cookie from the cookie jar.

"In about an hour or two."I said giving her a glass of milk.

"And are auntie's and cousy's coming over too?"She asked with a mouth

full of cookie.

"Yes darling. Now go wash up. Mommy is going to take a quick shower

then she will help you get ready."I said lifting her off the counter

then helping her turn on the shower. I walked into my bathroom, turning

on the hot water then letting all my clothes lip freely off of me. The

room filled with steam wuickly as I stepped into the hot shower, the

water completely waking me up. I lathered, rinsed and reapeted about 3

times, getting all the dirt and worry out of my hair. I did all I

needed to do, turning the water off and rinsing my hair before I

stepped out of the shower, toweling off then turning my straightner on

then walking into Gracie-Ann's room with a rode wrapped tightly around

my body.

"Mommy, can I straighten my hair like you?"She said messing with her

naturally curly hair, getting it from her father.

"Sure sweetie. Where what daddy bought you when he was in Ireland."I

said patting her butt as she ran to her closet, excited to see her dad.

I smiled before walking into our room, opening the closet and picking

out a pair of skinny jeans, a tank-top to go under my long sleeve shirt

with a pair of flat boots. I changed, pulling half my hair up so I

could straighten it. Gracie came running in with her Justice

sweat-pants and her long-sleeved shirt that her dad got from Ireland.

She pulled her hair like mine, sitting on the stool and turning so the

back of her head was facing me. I straightened all of her hair, giving

it some volume when I was done and pulling her bang back into a bump

with a Christmas ribon holding them back. I did my hair, pulling my

bangs back lower than hers with a green flower clip. I put a pair of

D.C shoes on her feet, giving her her pink fluffy jacket then putting

my jacket on, grabbing the potato salad we made the other day. We

walked to the black charger in the driveway, the cnow crunking

underneth our feet. I helped her in her car seat, buckling her in

without a problem then slid into the driver seat, turning the car on

and feeling the temperature difference almost immidietly. We drove the

short distance to the Jonas household, being greeted by my best friend

and sister by marriage, Danille. I hugged her as Gracie pushed by me to

go play with their only girl, Rosie. I smiled as they sat and played

with barbie dolls infront of the Christmas tree, laughing. Demi's baby

boy was sitting in his crib, ratteling his rattle and laughing as she

sat infront of him. I walked into the kitchen where Denise was, baking

her favorite cake flavor, chocolate.

"Hey mom."I said kissing her her cheek. She was the only mother I had

since my mom left me all alone after I got married and had a kid.

"Hey sweetie."She said wiping her forehead with her hand, getting flour

all over her.

"Here."I said wiping her head.

"Thanks. I can't wait to see Kevin. I miss him so much since he went on

the tour with the boys."She said putting the cake in the oven then

cleaning up, me going behind her and helping her.

"I know how you feel. Gracie misses her dad so much. So does Rosie and

Jake."I said sitting down with a cup of coffee.