Tag: children
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Walking to the corner store
I tiptoed down the hall and peeked in the bedroom where the grandchildren slept. Eli, 10, already awake, sat on his bed. “Hey, Eli do you want to walk down to the corner store and buy something with your sisters? I’ll give you money.” “Could I go with my dad when he goes for his…
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And then they were gone
As I write this the Pennsylvania grandchildren are packing their suitcases, preparing for the long trip home. We will cross paths with their mother somewhere in Tennessee. It has been an intense month. These old folks enjoy every minute of having time with family, but having four additional people in the house for a month…
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No TV, more get done
Nothing like doing chores for grandma to impress mom. “You do all that down there? How?” our visiting teenager’s mom asked “No TV,” the teen explained simply. And that is also an answer when folks ask me the same question. Yes, we have a television set – in fact we have two. One in the…
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family pets
No excited phone calls, no cards in the mail, no flashy pictures on e-mail or websites announcing their arrival, but still they come – tumbling, pouncing, barking and mewing for their own place in the family. First, the Pennsylvania family announced they had returned from vacation with a couple of pit bull puppies. My son…
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Limiting teens funds
Yes! I did it. I kept my New Year’s resolution. I had to. Last fall I constantly heard, “Spanish trip, Mom. Gotta have money for lunch.” “Mom the kids from church are eating out after church …” “The FBLA is going to …” When I suggested “What about taking a lunch or some snack food…
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Surprises by the children
We were visiting my parents. The older children were out with “the men,” but my toddler played around the couch as I washed the morning dishes in my bare feet. The morning clutter cleared away, my mother and I prepared to talk. My mom tipped back her lounge chair. As I propped my bar feet…