I just missed another birthday party. More accurately, my 4 1/2-year-old missed the party and I missed two hours of a child at a party time. I think I took it harder.
I have a vague recollection that when the festive invitation was handed to me my daughter took it gleefully out of my hands. Apparently it also went out of my conscientiousness as well never to be thought about again.
I hate when that happens.
There were indicators that something was amiss when she came home from school Monday and cheerfully mentioned that she had missed a party the previous day.
