“I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than to be crowded on a velvet cushion.” -Henry David Thoreau- journal entry: In case you don’t know what a pumpkin is, it is a round, orange ball with lots of spaghetti and seeds inside of it. …
“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But, for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” -Mr. Rogers- journal entry: Grandpa loves balsa wood airplanes. Actually Grandpa loves ALL kinds of airplanes. His grandsons love them more. Not …
“There is no delight in owning anything unshared.” -Seneca- journal entry: How do you tell someone you want a bite of his apple if you can’t talk? Afton knows. Her little mouth knows. Thankfully her cousin noticed and shared with her. These moments are so special. Captured in a photograph …
“People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don’t have a middle or an end anymore. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning.” -Steven Spielberg- journal entry: I know that it looks like a fish story but I don’t think it is. Grandpa has the reptile book …
“Be kind. Everyone is fighting a hard battle.” -Marjorie Pay Hinckley- journal entry: This moment touched my heart. I had been visiting for the week while Clara’s mommy got some rest with her new baby boy. We had played for days. And talked, and painted pumpkins and fingernails and pictures. …
“When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.” -Calvin and Hobbes- journal entry: Kids like potato bugs because they tickle and you can keep track of them. Actually, if you lose track of your potato bug you can just start playing with your potato bug’s brother or sister because they …
“If you don’t know the trees you may be lost in the forest. If you don’t know the stories, you may be lost in life.” -Proverb- journal entry: I don’t need to see anymore to know that Andrew is holding his Grandpa’s finger. I love the tenderness of a photograph …
“As we grow older, beauty steals inward.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson- journal entry: When new mothers are born, they forget to do a lot of things and learn to do others. They forget about the clock and forget about sleep. They forget about other people and other people’s children. They forget …
“Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.” -Charles Dickens- journal entry: How did Heaven let this one go? Now and then the photograph turns out just right. Just right to see soft skin, beautiful eyes and a thoughtful gaze. How mommies of long ago …
“What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.” -Dr. Benjamin Spock- journal entry: The apples were small this year. It was a blessing. Grandpa put them in buckets and kept them on a cold cement floor. Little people soon learned exactly where …
