This is how a 22 month old granddaughter sees her Grandma Boom when we are scooting down the steps making funny sounds together. Neither one of us may remember this in a few years, but our hearts record everything. As bonding continues. we may not do funny scoots ‘n sounds
Read MoreClaire keeps playing and Grayson gets out of the toy box, picks up a toy and also keeps playing. “Please help me pick up toys because we have to go back to your house now.” Grayson looks down saying in low voice he doesn’t want to help. I get down
Read MoreLove is obvious with these siblings, three years apart, at spontaneous moments like this at a waterpark only moments after having some rivalry over water buckets. Even though they have their ‘moments’ of difficulties as all siblings do, it is the loving bond that they both know is there that
Read More“You aren’t going on the right road, Grandma Boom!” “Yes, Grayson, this road will get us to soccer camp.” “There are two roads to get there and this isn’t one of them.” “Grayson, your dad told me how to get there. This is the Grandma Boom road to get there.”
Read MoreIt’s one of the reasons siblings are so important to each other. They get to work through all kinds of jams and go forward with practice in developing relationships. Peers, relatives, classmates….it’s all part of the relationship soup. The great thing about Grayson and Claire’s traffic jam is that neither
Read MoreGrayson gets an A for understanding what a lie does to one’s own body! Human beings experiment with lying. Imagine FEELING this object. It is my 3D version of what a lie looks and feels like. Aluminum foil wadded up with half toothpicks stuck into it. This appears in my
Read MoreThis morning Claire’s mom took Claire for her first swim lesson. I had to go watch. When finished, Miss Claire insisted on hugging me fresh out of the pool. Hence, I got soppin’ for my shoppin’! hahaha There was NO way I could refuse a hug and, of course, she
Read MoreGrandie, Claire, was excitedly happy to climb up on me and keep me in tow to her lively interactions, wanting to play and play and play. Thank you, Miss Claire, for making sure I stay lively in this sixty-fourth year and can play just as vigorously as you can! Race
Read More“I don’t see heaven even in the distance, Grandma.” What a precious statement from a four year old who has obviously been thinking about life and death, where his dog is, wondering where my parents are and spending time trying to see heaven in the sky. On Easter Sunday at
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