THE GRANDGIRLS JOURNAL

THESE GRANDGIRLS.....

OF COURSE THEY DRIVE ME CRAZY 

OF COURSE THEY ARE THE BEST...

I AM THEIR MUMSIE...

(THIS BLOG MUST BE WRITTEN FOR THEIR "NOSTALGIA")

THE DAY AFTER NEW YEARS I FOUND

 MY JOURNAL IN MY BATHROOM.

I KNEW I HAD NOT PUT IT THERE AND THE GRANDGIRLS

HAD BEEN HERE ON NEW YEARS.

MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT ONE OF THEM HAD

BEEN SNOOPING IN MY PRIVATE STUFF.

I WAS NOT SO MUCH WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THEY MIGHT READ THERE

BUT THAT THEY HAD ENTERED INTO MY PRIVACY WITHOUT PERMISSION.

IT WAS NOT A BIG DEAL AND I REMINDED MYSELF

THAT I NEED TO PICK MY JOURNAL UP RATHER THAN

LEAVING IT IN THE LIBRARY AS THAT CAN BE TEMPTING.

THE NEXT TIME THEY CAME HERE I QUESTIONED THEM

AS TO WHO COULD HAVE PUT MY JOURNAL IN THE BATHROOM.

I EXPLAINED THAT SOME THINGS ARE PRIVATE AND

SHOULD NOT BE HANDLED WITHOUT PERMISSION.

MUMSIE ON HER 'SOAP BOX'.

ALTHOUGH TWO OF THEM SEEMED A LITTLE QUILTY 

NO ONE CONFESSED AND I LET IT GO.

YESTERDAY IT ALL MADE SENSE.

AS I SAT IN THE ROUND CHAIR TO JOURNAL,

I OPENED IT TO WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A BLANK PAGE.

 THERE WERE THESE LOVE NOTES, ONE

FROM EACH OF THE GRANDGIRLS.

I, RIGHT AWAY, FELT SORT OF BAD FOR CONFRONTING THEM.

I ALSO WAS SURPRISED THAT NOT ONE OF THEM

SAID ANYTHING IN THE LAST 5 DAYS ABOUT THIS.

TO SAY IT WAS THE BEST SURPRISE IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

IF YOU HAVE EVER SAT AROUND MY TABLE

OR HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THE GIRLS,

YOU KNOW ONE OF MY BIGGEST GOALS WITH THEM

IS THAT WHEN THEY GROW UP AND I AM NO LONGER

AROUND, WHEN THEY HEAR THE WORDS

"MUMSIE' AND 'COTTAGE' 

THEIR HEART ARE FILLED WITH WARM AND FUZZY THOUGHTS

OF ALL THE MEMORIES WE HAVE MADE HERE.

THAT THEY HAVE SO MANY STORIES AND LESSONS

AND LIFE THAT WAS MADE WITH ME.

IT IS SAID THAT A PERSON LIVES ON, EVEN AFTER DEATH

AS LONG AS SOMEONE CONTINUES TO TALK 

AND REMEMBER THEM.

I WANT TO LIVE FOREVER IN THE LIVES OF THE GRANDGIRLS.

TO SEE THEM TAKING THE TIME TO WRITE

LOVE LETTERS IN MY JOURNAL

MEANS THEY KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE THE WRITTEN WORD.

THAT I HAVE TAUGHT THEM THE IMPORTANCE OF

NOT ONLY SAYING BUT PUTTING IT DOWN ON PAPER

HOW YOU ARE FEELING.

THIS ACT OF LOVE FROM MY LITTLES HAS ME

KNOWING MY GOAL IN THEIR LIVES

IS COMING TO FRUITION.

NOW BIG MAN, GIVE ME ENOUGH YEARS IN THEIR LIVES

TO ASSURE MY LESSONS NOT ONLY STICK WITH THEM

BUT IN THE NEXT GENERATION THAT COMES TO THEM.