little mermaids are fish whisperers.
find the fish, talk to them, and send them back to the sea.
—
Aug9
Tag Archives: grandchildren
Aug6
true north.
stopping to ‘fuel up’ with the special six
on our road trip to the north.
—
“never go on trips with anyone you do not love.”
-ernest hemingway
Aug4
do nothing.
skipping stones, barefoot, wading,
walking on rocks, talking, and resting
on a slow summer day on the river.
—
“how beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward.”
~spanish proverb
Aug3
smiles.
so glad to be home with all of these grandies’ smiles
and among the big people who go with them.
—
“because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.”
-thich nhat hanh
Jun27
chasing fireflies.
just at dusk
fireflies
flit
and
a
gaggle of grandies
trying to catch up with them
fly.
—
“i began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
he taught me that if you are interested in something,
no matter what it is,
go at it at full speed ahead.
embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it
and above all
become passionate about it.
lukewarm is no good.
hot is no good either.
white hot and passionate is the only thing to be.”
― roald dahl, My Uncle Oswald
Jun10
magic.
“books give a soul to the universe, wings to the mind,
flight to the imagination, and life to everything.”
-plato
—
i stopped over to surprise
little grandie b
on her birthday
brought my gift
gave her a flower
shared a hug
then
she asked
if she could read to me
i had ‘read’ with her
just months before
when she pretended to read
a chapter book
imitating readers
she had seen and heard
excited to be like one of them
but today
she opened a book
read me every word
her little brother
said
“i don’t know how it happened.
but she can just read now.”
i told him
” it is magic.”
i was in awe of her
and
this surprise gift of magic
that she gave to me on her sixth birthday.
—
“once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
– frederick douglass
May18
frog.
grandie j learns how to do one of a frog’s many jobs.
—
“don’t be a fish; be a frog.
swim in the water and jump when you hit ground.”
– kim young-ha
Apr13
fancy.
going to the movies
with one of my
six little grandies,
baby r
for her very first time.
she was all dressed up
so fancy
in
new sparkly too-big blue shoes with tiny clicking heels
shiny movie star jacket
polka dot tights
cornflower blue ruffly skirt
tumbling down curly hair
with
booster seat
popcorn
gummies
soda
and
full of so much excitement.
we were the only two in the whole theater
and
even if we weren’t
it would have felt like we were.
—–
“i dress to kill, but tastefully”. – freddie mercury
Apr11
rescue.
is it
a husky?
polar bear?
sea lion?
penguin?
not sure exactly sure what breed this is,
but i’d be happy to rescue him any day.
—
Mar30
secret joys of living.
a carload and more of grandies,
a sweet niece, baron the dog, and a family of ducklings
inventing the day as they go.
—
“some of the secret joys of living
are not found by rushing from point A to point B,
but by inventing some imaginary letters along the way. “
~douglas pagels: These Are the Gifts I’d Like to Give to You
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