Category: Family Life
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Summers are for grandkids
Post Views = 168Summers are for grandkids,when days slow down enough to rememberthe quickness of the years.Yesterday my cute curly-haired daughtersperformed plays in the yard.Today my disarming dark-haired grandkidsbring plates of plastic fishcaught just for grandma from a blow-up pond. Times are different, they say,yet the falls and the thrills remain the same:tender knees still…
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Mothering
Post Views = 877My daughter’s child, climbing on the armchair,balancing and flipping, then settling downto read Blueberries For Sal, unawareof the echoes from the past. Her nightgownappears by the bed, “Mom, I’m scared,” she’d gloomand climb under the covers. My patienceebbing, I’d send her back to her dark room – but she understands, gives reassurance.Snuggling in close, she…