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A Journal To My Grandson 5
When life gets in the way…
One of the things that happened was that right before going to bed, you said, “Wuv oo, Avo. Wuv oo, Avo.” Yes, Avo responded to you, but I thought it was so cute!
You blew bubbles, slid down the slide in the backyard, and even jumped on the trampoline.
One day, when Avo worked on some steps, you came out to watch. He put one board a certain way, and you said, “Pewfik!”
As he pulled it up and turned it around, you shook your head and told Avo, “Uhhhhh, nuh un! no fit.”
While Avo worked on it some more, he finally went back to how it was originally.
You nodded your head and exclaimed, “It fit ‘gen! Pewfik!”
As it grew closer to time for you to leave, you came upstairs one night when I read to your aunts. Of course, I told you, you would have to stay quiet so they could sleep.
You said, “Otay!”
Soon, you couldn’t keep still or quiet, so I whispered that you needed to stay quiet so the girls could sleep. Finally, you grew very still. When I stopped reading to them, you leaned over and said something. However, it was so low that I couldn’t hear you.
You did this several times until I asked, “What are you saying?”