When I was a little girl, my sister and I would go and spend a week with my grandparents every summer. While we were there, we were entertained with lots of activities including baking cherry pies and jelly rolls (Grandmother's specialties), helping Granddaddy in the garden or in his workshop where he made the most beautiful boat paddles you have ever seen, putting together giant jigsaw puzzles, or riding with Granddaddy in his police car--yes he let us turn on the siren and play with his handcuffs! lol!. We would end each vacation there with a trip to the beauty shop where we would get "all dolled up" as my grandmother used to say. Then my parents would come and get their little girls and the feeling of being a princess would last for a while as we remembered our trip. I was somewhat of a tomboy, so this in itself was a feat!
This past weekend, my son and his family, including my four month old granddaughter, Summer and I all gathered at my mother's house for one last visit before they move to California. My son is in the Air Force and will be stationed there and then in Colorado so that means we won't be seeing them for a long, long time. I couldn't take my eyes off of Summer trying to remember every detail of her tiny face and every dimple when she giggled out loud at her Nanna. As I watched her, I found myself remembering the wonderful times I had at my own Grandmother's in the summers. I know that the next time I see her she will probably be walking and talking and I will have missed a lot of her life, and I was struck with the idea that I absolutely must find a way to spend part of my summers with Summer. In the midst of these musings, the phone rang. It was the nursing home saying that my Grandmother had had another mini-stroke. She is 99 years old and lives about 4 hours away from me. She seems to have somewhat recovered this time, but we all know at 99, the time is coming when she won't. So as her life is drawing near the end, Summer's is just beginning. So I guess life goes full circle from summers with my grandmother to summers with my own granddaughter. I have been truly blessed to have been able to see such a wonderful cycle of life.
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