My son Luke has wanted to have his own lemonade stand since he was three. Our neighborhood is not exactly a high traffic area, which is why we live here. Therefore, the best time to have a lemonade stand is during a garage sale. Too bad for him we are only allowed to have garage sales on the designated date that is chosen by our homeowners association. Which is really annoying because every year we have lived here the garage sale has managed to be a date where there is no possible way we could participate. Do any of you live in neighborhoods such as this? Expect this year! So finally after seven years we can have our garage sale and Luke gets his much anticipated lemonade stand.
Getting ready for a garage sale is a lot more work that I bargained for. Not that I mind hard work, that is not the case, but I had no idea. Then there is the fact that my house is now filled with all the stuff from the past seven years that I no longer want, which is why I stuffed it in the attic in the first place. The attic; the dreaded attic; climbing around up there must have been a sight. On more than one occasion my legs almost fell through the ceiling, just as Chevy Chase’s character did on Christmas Vacation. Explaining that one to my husband would have been fun. But for now at least our ceiling is intact, stay tuned though; I am going back up there today. All this stuff is driving me crazy, I am a clutter free type of girl, and it is taking all of patience and energy to not take all this stuff away and donate it right now. It’s all here, sitting in my house staring and taunting at me. I just have to be strong for a few more days, for Luke, so his dream of running a lemonade stand can come true.
The reason for my determination to have this garage sale is because of Luke and his lemonade stand. Without the garage sale there would be no stand and after you read what his plans are you will see why I am putting up with all of this clutter. In the past few weeks he has gotten his recipe finalized, with fresh mint being the secret ingredient. We are in possession of a board and paint for a sign, and he has decided to add popcorn to his stand because after all the shopping he thinks people will be hungry too; makes sense.
As we were talking he said to me, “Mommy, you know what I am going to do with my money?” I’m thinking he wants to buy a new toy, go to a movie or get some candy. Boy was I wrong.
He says, “I am going to donate my proceeds to NF, so that the doctors can find a cure.” I don’t think I could have been more proud of him if he had won the Nobel Prize. So if you are in the area on Saturday, stop by Luke’s lemonade and popcorn stand and help him raise money for a cure. To help Luke out pass this post on and teach a freind about NF, and about this little boy working for a cure who truly has a big heart that is encompassed in a tiny body.
I will post pictures and write about his sucess!
To learn more about Neurofibromatosis (NF), click the link here, http://www.texasnf.org/ and to read how NF has affected our family click here, http://www.mudpiesformommy.com/p/nf.html
