Spending time in CO and seeing Uncle Keith (who reminds me of
Papaw) has made me miss my grandparents (my mom’s parents). They were such a fun, lighthearted couple
when I knew them. They loved to laugh
and play little tricks on each other.
Papaw would tell my brother and I stories, and we would buy them hook, line and
sinker. Later we would figure out it was
a joke. I remember him playfully
insisting that he didn’t snore even though Grandma would talk about how it kept
her up at night. So one night she
recorded him on their little tape player and played it at breakfast. They were always doing stuff like that. They would take us sightseeing whenever we
came to visit them in CO and later in MO.
One time when Eric (my brother) and I were bored, Papaw told us he
needed help getting rid of ants and he would pay us a penny for every ant we
killed in the driveway. (Sorry Carmen and Gretchen.) We were outside
stomping ants and counting for hours! I
think we made a nice little salary that day!
Papaw passed away in 1992 due to an auto accident with a drunk
driver. Grandma amazingly pulled through
her injuries and stayed with us for another 18 years - never quite as
lighthearted, but still happy and enjoying her family, friends and dog. She passed away in 2010. “Why you do not even know what will happen
tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little
while and then vanishes. Instead you
ought to say, ‘If it is the Lord’s will we will live and do this or that.’” (James 4:14-15) They most definitely lived in the Lord’s
will. Oh that I may live as well.
Today we are headed to Steamboat Springs. This is the second town that Mom lived in in
CO. (The first was South Fork). She only lived here for a year and a
half. She hasn’t been back since she was
7! We are only passing through for a
night on our way to Dinosaur Monument NP.
Best entry so far. Write more about this Eric character.
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