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  1. Oh, my! I just loved reading this. How very innocent and precious! We need to be more like children. We need to be amazed by what seems to be simple but yet is marvelous! I know I need to slow down and take some time to appreciate God’s creations. To see the beauty in all things! Thank you for sharing!

    • Thank you Lee Ann! I don’t know what happens to us as we grow up to take away our sense of wonder in the ordinary, but that little boy has helped me to see the beauty that is all around

  2. Yes, oh yes! That’s what I love about being a grandmom, too. When my grandkids were little, they loved prepping and planting my backyard garden with me. One year, before my grandson started Kindergarten, we were out in the backyard and raking and turning over the dirt and Lucas got tired and wanted to sit. He brushed his hand over the bench to move all the Maple seeds and said, “Grandmom, what are these things?”

    I was still digging, so I just said, “Helicopters.”

    His eyes got wide. “Why are they called helicopters?”

    *Opportunity!!*

    I stopped digging. “Watch.” And I scooped up a bunch and flung them up. They all came twirling down and Lucas shouted, “AWESOME!!” And he scooped and flung for a LONG time. 🙂

    I smiled, said to myself, “I rock” and went back to digging in the garden.

  3. Glenys, this is such a wonderful post. It shows how thrilled children still are by the world around them, if only we’ll take time to show them. Or in many cases, they can show us! Thanks for this great reminder. Being a grandma is the best. When my grands are over, we always tour the back yard. We look at the rose garden and see if there are any getting ready to bloom. We check the lemon and orange trees and pick whatever is ripe. They even love picking up dog poop from the yard! Everything is an adventure. I love it!

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