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Who are these boys?
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And how did they get so big?
The 2017-2018 school year officially ended for my grandsons Brayden and Camden yesterday.
I last saw my desert-dwelling grandsons in person last December, so the end-of-year photo Megan shared on social media of the accomplished kiddos—that I pilfered and pertied up with kudos—left me…
Read MoreFarewell, summer!
/Happy Labor Day!
(The GRAND Social link party will return next Monday!)
As the season slips away: 6 summery somethings I still want to do
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Kids are back in school. Pumpkin-flavored coffees pour forth from the coffee shops. Halloween candy and costumes line the shelves at the stores.
It seems fall has arrived full force despite the calendar still showing summer on the schedule.
As September 21 — the official final day of summer despite what the retailers profess — creeps closer, I'm mulling over the summer sorts of stuff I meant to do and didn't. A few stand out that I still want to do, still hope to do, before I can no longer...
Summer's simple pleasures: When did you last...
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Summer is the season of simple pleasures. A time for sweet, spontaneous — often spectacularly serendipitous — silliness such as those moments we remember from childhood. Our own childhood, possibly the childhoods of our children.
Simple pleasures we've set aside — perhaps even forgotten — in our ongoing pursuit of grand adventures, grand outings, grand activities to share with our grand kids. Simple stuff we've likely not done in far too long.
When did you last...
• jump rope?
• skip down the sidewalk?
• play freeze tag?
• sip root beer floats from a frosty mug?
• run through the sprinkler?
• have a water fight — with the garden hose, buckets...
