Tag Archives: grandies

lucky six!

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the six-pack is back

hard to get

the grandies all in place at one time

bigger and better than ever

along with sweet dog, nia

now one of the pack.

“one who doesn’t roll the dice can never expect to score a six.”

naviot singh sidhu

bouncing.

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the six-pack is back — bouncing grandies.

 

“joy acts like a trampoline, everything that touches it bouncing right back off of it.”

-mariella frostrup

 

carry.

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feeling safe walking the streets of ann arbor with these powerfully kind grandies

 

“sports are sports. it’s all about how we carry ourselves out of the ring.”

-george foreman

winter is coming.

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and on the earliest school snow day

that I can remember

I feel lucky to have shared

a special celebratory breakfast

with a couple of my grandies.

“winter is coming.”

-George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

dance.

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 a great day spent watching the grandies and a few friends get their dance on.

“you live as long as you dance.”

-rudolf nureyev

action adventure.

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another polar vortex day

another movie adventure

one daughter

two grandies

four neighborhood kids

lots of action

lots of adventure.

“you never forget the neighborhood kids you grew up with.”

holdouts.

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the last holdouts at the grandies’ slumber party at peaches’ (my) cottage.

cousins, cartoons, baby golf, talking dogs, books,

made-up group stories, pizza, mac ‘n cheese, apple juice, suckers,

stuffed animals, laughing, whispers,

sleeping bags, pillows, pj’s, flashlights,

and not much sleep.

“no one looks back on their life and remembers the nights they got plenty of sleep.”

-author unknown