Oct
29
2024
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I’m going to sleepover at Grandma’s house.
We’re going to stay overnight at Grandma’s house.
I like to sleep in the big kid’s room. (formally the big girl room until I had grandsons)
I will bring my suitcase.
These are things I have heard my grandchildren say when they are getting ready to sleep over.
It’s fun for them.
It’s delightful for us.
It is home away from home, as it should be.
Oct
22
2024
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Fall decorations are everywhere.
The beginning of October is fall decorating time at our house.
I go to a local barn and buy cornstalks, pumpkins, and anything else that is needed.
I used to get a bale of hay but have not gotten one of those for years.
This local barn has handmade items as well.
I have purchased two wooden pumpkins, one quite large and a smaller one.
I have a wooden fence that says, Welcome, and has both a crow and a pumpkin on it.
I also have a scarecrow that our youngest daughter named, Patches, when she was little.
Oct
15
2024
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Twice a year, in October and April, I go to a consignment sale.
I have been going to this sale for about thirty years.
I have only missed once.
I look forward to it with great anticipation.
The sale supports a local playschool.
The playschool is a non-profit, parent-cooperative preschool.
It emphasizes learning through child-centered play and the beauty and value of nature.
Though I go to the sale, I do not personally know any families who attend there.
Oct
8
2024
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Growing up, I remember hearing a saying quite a few times.
What the well dressed man will wear.
I never understood why it was just what the well dressed man will wear.
What about the well dressed woman?
I learned much later that it meant both men and women.
But I have come to understand that it also applies to children.
What the well dressed children will wear.
Well dressed does not mean expensive, designer, or high end.
Oct
1
2024
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I look at the black rotary phone that is sitting on the sideboard in my living room.
If we had a landline, I know I could plug this phone in the wall and it would work.
It is just like the phone that was in my house when I was a little girl.
I found this vintage phone in an antique shop.
The circle that is found on the center of the dial has a phone number written on it.
That’s the way it used to be.
I would love to know to whom this phone and number once belonged.
It is a conversation piece for sure.
Sep
24
2024
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Two of our granddaughters are playing soccer this fall.
One is six years old and the other is five years old.
The six-year-old plays on a local field.
We went to see her last weekend.
The five-year-old lives a little less than an hour away.
We went to see her this past weekend.
We got to the field with our chairs.
We saw our son and daughter-in-love on the sidelines.
Sep
17
2024
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This Whisper was originally published two years ago. It is always this time of year I ponder the paradox of my walnut tree. Everything I think about my walnut tree today, I thought then as well. It is worth repeating.
Trees are beautiful.
As fall approaches, the trees will be ablaze in color.
The air will get chillier.
The leaves will fall and carpet the ground.
I love trees.
Oh…but my walnut tree.
It is a nuisance.
That sounds harsh, but my feelings towards it are justified.
Sep
10
2024
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We have runners in our family.
My children and some of my in-loves like to run.
They run for exercise.
They run for sheer enjoyment.
If my children are runners, they do not get that skill from me.
I am a walker.
I can usually walk fast, but I am no where near the speed of a runner.
You either love running or you don’t.
Sep
3
2024
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My son, daughter-in-love, and two of my granddaughters came for the weekend.
We all went to my daughter’s church.
All the cousins were able to be together.
They got to see each other again after being with each other the night before.
We all went to an ice cream shop the night before.
I stood back and watched as major decisions were made.
The excitement was palpable.
I watched the young high school students scoop out all the desired flavors.
Aug
27
2024
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Two of my grandchildren began school this week.
One granddaughter is in first grade.
Another granddaughter is in kindergarten.
Both are so excited about their new teacher and their new friends.
I suggested to my daughter that we meet at a local coffee shop.
The day we met was three days before the first grader would start school.
The first grader and her three siblings couldn’t wait for some Grandma time.
This local coffee shop has wonderful doughnuts that they love to eat.