Bless Your Heart's

The Birthday Cake by Madelyn Shields       We live on Waterloo Street in a two story house that fit in between two other homes. The England's lived on one side of us and on the other side of us, the Ganson Avenue side, was Mrs. Holiday, an older lady, who kept track of the neighborhood. We had grass and flowers in our yard and so did Mrs. Holiday but the England's had a bunch of kids and no lawn what-so-ever. Their yard was bone bare!   The three of us had a dog named Cap, a brown and white long haired Brittney Spaniel and we all love him. He would go between the three house to be fed and would sleep on which ever porch offered the most comfort at the time.   In Michigan, February was a cold month that brought very little comfort, weather wise, In fact, there always seemed to be lots of snow. Anyway, it was the month that my Mother was born in. Yep! the 15th day of February. the day right after Valentine's Day. ...