Great Deals

I was ordering photos from Snapfish tonight and finally uploaded some off of Mark’s phone that he took last December. I was quietly scrolling through picture after picture of Austin in the hospital — sad pathetic faces as he was recovering from surgery in the PICU, goofy silly smiles as he played with Braedan on the movable hospital bed, contented sleepy eyes as he gazed up at his glittery wishing stars … and I was amazed, yet again, at how far we’ve come. How it seems like a lifetime ago and seems like just yesterday. How it feels like we were completely different people living in a completely foreign world, yet is sadly so familiar.

And then I finished my slideshow, a bit dazed, and Snapfish popped up to announce their great deals, as long as I ordered by midnight, 30% off and free shipping, (it is Cyber Monday, after all): I could make a flipbook of my images or have it printed on flowery postcards or even emblazon it across a ceramic coffee mug! I could have a key chain, mousepad, Christmas ornament! Look at all the incredible things I could do with my image! They even had samples, all right there in front of me, with my very own photo already inserted into all these creative little trinkets. Don’t miss out! What great value! Wouldn’t this be fun?

Only here is the image they were bombarding me with,… this is what they wanted me to drink my morning coffee out of:

Oh dear. All I could do was laugh. I brought Mark in and he laughed too. It’s okay now, you know. We’re allowed to laugh again. Because it’s all okay.

But just watch out for your holiday card this year …