#7 Precious Time

I met Arthur and Shirley, Alan's parents, at Costco this week. They arrived a little before me and were waiting by the front entrance just inside the doors for me and the little ones.

As Anna, Jake and I stepped onto the side walk Anna caught a glimpse of her Grandparents on the other side of the entrance waiting. She dashed off with her cute little blond hair bouncing up and down as she ran. Jake noticed what she was looking at and wriggled quickly from my arms to race towards them as well.

The two bounded into the arms of their Grandparents with such force that I thought they would knock them over. They were caught up with giant squeezing hugs and kisses. I thought my heart would burst from my chest at the beauty of the scene.



Alan's parents are 87 and 83. Even though they seem to be in good health, the clock is ticking and our time with them here on this earth is numbered. I wonder if Anna and Jake, who love them so much,will know them like Emily and Ruth know them. Will they know that Grandma loved doing puzzles with Anna and that Grandpa loved playing catch and tackle football with Jake (kind of scary when the 2 year old unexpectedly tackles Grandpa leaving him on the ground). Will they know that in their 80's their grandparents served as Primary teachers to 9 year olds and loved it! Will they know that everytime Grandpa sees something tender tears quietly trickle from his eyes? Will they know that Grandma made homemade cookies for them and never tasted them because she strictly followed her diabetic diet?

Hug your Grandparents, go visit them, tell your children stories, because time and memories will be the only thing of importance that we have when they are gone!

(this is Grandpa on his "tractor" with Jaden, Jake, Anna, and Jaxon all Bott's Jaden and Jaxon are Great Grandchildren, but cousins to play with the Anna and Jake!)

#7 on my top ten list for Summer has to be mowing Grandpa Bott's lawn! He was patient with us! Alan broke two sprinkler heads. But Em and Ruth did a good job of helping their Grandparents and each time we learned something new about them. We even pulled out Grandpa's old Navy uniform and Grandma's very stylish polyester sewing creations (they really were cute and I was impressed with her sewing capabilities!)