Being a Grandma

 I am very blessed to be a Grandma. When I had little kids, I was so busy and thought often about having a vacation from the hurrying and scurrying!
Now that I 'm a grandma, I don't have to hurry and scurry so much and can enjoy little moments.
I remember being with my Grandma Binns during the summer and watching her bake wonderful cakes and bread ( and eating them!);watching her work in her rose gardens; and going with her to  drive the Falcon downtown for milk at the Jersey cow drive through.
We had some really fun times, watching Bonanza and Lawrence Welk on tv together, and sitting in their breezeway eating icecream with fresh peaches from the orchard next door , sliced and sweet in her stoneware bowls ....yum and yum!
She was always positive and supportive, and I am sure I was annoying with my crabbiness sometimes, but all she did was go, "ssssssss" in a kind of little chuckling sound.
I still miss her a lot, especially when I wish she were here to call and ask about what she would do in  family situations  and health related issues. I miss her little hugs, and the letters and cards she would send at birthday time. One of my most treasured possessions is a cookbook that her stake in Richland Washington made when they lived there. It has her handwritten favorite recipes stashed between the regular pages of the book. I have a section in my recipe box of "Grandma B. recipes".
 I love and miss her.
I hope I can be the fun and supportive Grandma that she was to me.
I try!