"beeth {rhymes with teeth} there's a police officer"

it was only two nights and two days

~which was not even close to being enough~

but

spending that time with claire

will be added to my book of

"beth's best memories"

ever

~

this girl

this amazingly brilliant and funny and caring and gorgeous girl

~i'm old enough to be her mother~

and

who speaks with the most endearing accent

is by far

the most exciting thing that happened to me this summer

~

i have so many photos

and

so many stories

~including the one that involves us trespassing and two sheriffs~

to share

but

for today

the only energy i have left is to post this photo

~possibly one of my favorites~

of claire

smelling her first bag of kettle corn from the farmer's market

~

so

i promise

tomorrow

~with my energy restored~

i'll try my hardest

to share everything with you

*

p.s.

without question

i will be traveling to south africa to see claire

within the next year

~

that has been added to the top of

"what am i going to do in my lifetime"

list

~

seriously

that's how amazingly special this girl is