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Something Blue
The Love Bug wanted to paint her bedroom her favorite color, BLUE, before school started, and sure her Mother could have hired a painter, taken the easy route. But where’s the fun in that? And what kind of lesson does outsourcing send to our kids? And though we haven’t done any painting in a dog’s age, we offered to help. Bob went to the paint store with them to get everything they needed – the…
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Watching Grandparents
How many GREAT grandparents get to watch their own kids as GRANDparents? I have to tell you, I’m having a blast watching my daughter and our son-in-law as they discover the wonderful world of grand-parenting! I’m intentionally not going to post photos — because it’s their privacy and the privacy of the kids that belongs to them — and I don’t need to expose them any more than necessary. It’s not…
I Love Sunday Mornings…
Saturday night. We were rich with a worthy fatigue. Jon and I had had a full day. Vermont to Boston. Time with our daughter, son-in-law and granddaughters was the weekend destiny. A quick trip. Overnight yet not a moment would be wasted. I looked forward to being in the moment with our grands … Our eldest granddaughter appeared at the glass door on the front porch as we arrived. A wave of love…
We wait and wait some more…
Time ticks slowly, sometimes. Mostly I have found it to be accelerating at an alarming rate. A new baby to be born. A new granddaughter is to be born… Hours are weighted as we wait. Time feeling more suspended than actual. Days blending from one to the other. Tuesday? Wednesday? Who knows and it matters not. There is routine but nothing feels usual. Meals to be had and laundry to be done.…
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Wales
Bob and I just watched the latest Ted Lasso! It was endearing and fun – SPOILER ALERT the team gets into a pillow fight, Rebecca falls into a canal, and Coach Beard turns into Ziggy Pop in clown drag. But I knew that was coming since I follow the Actor/Coach on Insta. We are left wondering if Ted actually tried a psychedelic! And for all you new kids, Baby Boomers may not have had MDMA, but we…
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New hair barrettes... to hold what?
New hair barrettes… to hold what?
A single curl at the nape of her young neck. A soft swirl suggesting more curls are yet to form. A small pink knitted barrette sits gently in my granddaughter’s fine hair serving no purpose other than to entertain her mother and myself. She is patient with our folly… Fifteen months today. Words are forming. A personality too. The world through her eyes has refreshed mine. I marvel with envy at…
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Waiting for the Pandas to Dance…
Waiting for the Pandas to Dance…
A broad smile greeted me from the top of an urban cement staircase. The newly painted black front door opened just enough for my daughter to emerge while holding her daughter. Tiny fists were tightly and spontaneously drawn up to my granddaughter’s mouth. Pure excitement squealed through the warm summer afternoon air. She recognized me. She knew me. I am her Gram. The faces. Their smiles. The…
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Silence is Golden
Silence is golden unless you have children and if you have children and silence you have a problem. Silence and a child does not mean they are sleeping unless you have wrestled them to bed yourself. Silence and children can only mean trouble, and they are in it up to their itty bitty eye balls.
I first learned this as a child myself being responsible for my younger sister who was often…
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