English has never been a topic he loves, even though he's been in honors Language Arts the past couple years. Then he moved onto senior high and got a different teacher. "My new English teacher inspires me, Grandma. He has a way about him that makes you work extra hard. Want to read a paper I wrote about you?" He flashed me his shy smile as he handed me a neatly printed three-page paper.
"Gee, I rated three pages?"
"Oh, listen to this," I teased. "Mr. A-Man."
I confess to getting misty-eyed as I read his paper. He jumped verb tense a time or two within a paragraph, but the material was well organized and presented. Some of it was fictional. Some true to life. He wrote about his "amazing grandma who writes romances that he's not allowed to read." At one point he'd written, "After the movie, grandma insisted we go to McDonald's. Even though the food is next to poisonous, I went along for her sake." Oh, yeah, thinks I. The kid nearly ate me out of money."
Grandchildren
They add such joy to our lives. What adds joy to yours? What gives it that "specialness"?
6 comments:
I have four grandchildren...and I approve this message! :-)
Grandkids are great, and it sounds like you've some extra special ones.
I have eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild and tomorrow I'm going to not one but two football games, a six year old and a twelve year old. I can't wait. Grandkids are proof that you will go on in history, that you will be remembered. And for me particularly, proof that I am a real person. I was raised in foster homes and my grandkids are my little dynasty. Its just amazing when you think that these young people with so much life ahead of them, so much potential, would not be here if you weren't. Great blog Vonnie!
Jinny, what a fabulous little dynasty you've created. I can only imagine they are especially important to your mental and emotional well-being, just as my little tribe is to me. If I'd known how much fun grandchildren would be, I'd have had them first.
Awww
Awwwww, enjoyed this!
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