More Than Passing Time
How do two occasional grandparents make their first and maybe only week with their 8 yr old grandson memorable, beneficial and fun?
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Season of Sprouts: Family Children
This is perhaps the most memorable quote of the summer–so far. Overheard from the back seat on the 800 mile trip from home to Goose Creek, the four year old offers this bit of wisdom to no one in particular. Â And later, she performs for no apparent reason in the kitchen, Â bouncing between the kitchen … Read more
Where Trouble Melts Like Lemon Drops
I think his territory might be limited to just this stretch of Carolina coast, but here, the good elf Ruddy, has been very busy getting the younger children primed for Christmas by laying out surprises overnight for the joy of discovery each morning. Several days ago, he left a candy cane bud as you see … Read more
Vicarious Vitality: Watching Them Run
Yes, we have two grand daughters, and it is only because the older one had a NIGHT game that she has not been featured in this back to back g-dau series. The take-home from watching the energy expended on the field was that “there was a time” and it does not seem so long ago, … Read more
Joy for Free
[su_dropcap]W[/su_dropcap]atching our grand daughter frolic in the sprinkler, I remembered the utter joy the first day we were allowed to go barefoot–in the zoysia grass, under the mimosas, only to get “stung on a bee” as one of us lamented when it happened. The moving-parts oscillating gizmos came along well after the first one I … Read more