Did I ever tell you?

My phone rang, and my almost fourteen-year-old granddaughter’s number popped up on the screen.

“Nana, do you have time for me to ask you a few questions,” she asked. “I’m writing a school report on an older person’s school experiences and what his or her life was like long ago.”

Well, yes, I did have a few minutes. In fact, I was excited to answer her questions. For several years now I have randomly mentioned an event or interesting detail from my youth to any available child or grandchild. Not many of them, of course, were acknowledged.

Here, though, was an opportunity to relay not only high school experiences, but interesting tidbits about long-gone ancestors and other information I deemed necessary for someone of the younger generation to know.

Actually, this is the third time in the last year a younger member of my family has visited with me about school experiences, life as a child on the farm, or the olden days. Hmmm, I guess I am aging. That is a good thing…really it is.

My granddaughter’s grade on the report? Well, I haven’t heard. Surely, though, content alone warranted an A.

Where are the Eggs?

“Has anyone seen the bag of plastic Easter eggs?” I asked.

“Not again. Why can’t you remember where you put them from one year to the next?” my son answered. “Or at least tell someone where you put them. Every year we go through this. One year you put them in an empty popcorn tin that was left over from Christmas. Another year they were in a black trash bag under your bed. There was that year, too, when you for some unknown reason stored them in the box with the Nativity set. It was a real challenge to find them that year.”

Clearly, my son wasn’t excited to help me with my Easter preparations. But, he did, and the annual Easter egg hunt for the young grandchildren, nephews, and nieces was successful that year.

This year, I’ve already located the plastic eggs. I’ve purchased the candy to fill them with, too. There’s only a week to go without eating the candy–I know I can do it…. I’m looking forward to the gathering of family, the egg hunt, and the Easter candy this year.

I’m very thankful, too, church services will be a part of my Easter.