Swimming

I have swam so much the last two days. It has been great to have the children here.



To begin with, Dyl is so much a man. I am in awe. His mannerisms are kind and gentle. He has a sweet spirit. He laughs a lot and speaks with so much respect and kindness. Tomorrow he goes to his other grandfathers and helps tear down a deck. He has told his grandfather, "It is not necessary to pay me. That is what family does, we help each other."

How many 13 year old do you see make that assessment of life?



When my eleven year old granddaughter walked down the stairs at airport, I had to look twice, once to see her legs and once more to look high enough to see her face. Man what a gorgeous, tall, long limbed young lady. She is 5 foot 6 and 1/2. That was at last measurement, we are sure it is more now, Her great grandmother who was 5 foot 8, is now not as tall as M.

She has the same build as that Great grandmother. Tall, statuesque, with a very graceful slow easy walk, slow calm speech and soft spoken.

I am only 5 feet tall, and the top of her legs come up to my waist. We laughed and laughed.



Then came Gav, what a sweetie! He lounges on his papaw which makes his papaw very happy.

He has a thousand questions, some we can not answer. Like can you drive Gold cars in Heaven, after I told him the streets were gold. He is in second grade and knows his math quite well. He knows his multiplication tables. He told me to ask a math question and let him guess it. He was right every time, not little numbers but big ones. He said, "You may have to give me a while but I can get it."

Very very intelligent child, Gee I wonder where he gets that math knowledge?

We have several Math whiz in the family.



Next came ET, Oh Man what a talker and tale teller. Not fibs but tall tales. I laugh a lot.

On swimming, Sher said, " I lay odds that E is swimming by the end of the first week". OK I certainly would not take that bet.

From what I heard of him, he is like his cousin, (Cay, who is 2 months younger) is afraid of nothing. They are very social little boys and are loved by all who talk to them.



E was swimming by the end of the first day. With water wings of course, but going like mad across the pool. So glad I did not wager on that one. E jumps in and does the dead mans float, Which freaks his Mom out.

We had lots of good laughter. They certainly make us happy to be here. I am so glad they came.

Traveling days for us are about over. (like long trips).

No one quite knows the pain traveling is on our bodies.

We both had major back pain from sitting, and that was from a drive to Sacramento. When we left town, I asked David was he sleepy, He said "No I am fine."
Well guess you can imagine the next thing, He was asleep within 10 minutes. (of course I was driving). He slept almost 120 miles of the trip. I never slowed down, I set the cruise and several times I had to shift to ease the back and leg pain, AT one point I put my left leg up and sat on it to relive the pressure on my spine. I could have waken him but I wanted him to sleep. He gets so tired.

Every time we go somewhere we realize how tiring this is getting.

Not complaining just stating a fact. So if we do not come to see people as much as you wish, remember we wish the same thing. We are just realistic. We can not put our bodies through that much stress.

The night we came home David was in such pain, He was moaning all night and could barely move. I know the feeling.
As he tried to clean the pool filters,he again was in pain. I begged him to let me do it so he let me do the last two of the four, so he could go sit and relieve the pain.

Man getting old is not for Sissy's.

You just make adjustments in your life style.

Not always a popular one but one that must come. That is the life cycle.

OK it is Tuesday now, we just ate and the big kids are off to Papaw S to visit and work. I saw these two grown up kids walk out the door and suddenly became very sad. When they moved away they were only 8 and 10, now we see a young teen man and a young lady at 11.
They all make us proud. They choose their friends carefully, they uphold their values regardless of pressure.
I am sure a lot of that is not being exposed to the cattiness in school systems but it also is a reflection of their parents teaching.

Now I must get showered.
Just so I can hop in the pool.