Recovering

Bella had a fever of 103 degrees F on Saturday, so we weren't sure Baba Day would happen on Sunday. The fever went down enough that we had our day together, but she was tired, and the purple circles under her eyes matched her purple hairband. She curled her long lanky body into my lap under a blanket for book-reading, quiet games, drawing, and watching a movie on TV. Leif sent a gift from the family's Shearwater Pottery in Mississippi: a beautifully-glazed little blue ceramic cup with a woodpecker handle. Bella asked me to take a picture of her drinking camomile-vanilla-honey tea from the little cup so Leif could see how happy she is with it.