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When Johnnie went to
Gustine to visit our grand daughter, Amanda and her family,
she spent four days. She and Dennis, our great grandson had
a ball. This was the first time she had been able to spend
any time with him by their selves.
They had a great time
playing, fishing and eating ice cream together. Well maybe
the fishing wasn??™t so much fun, but that??™s a whole ???nother
story for a different time.
The point is Dennis and
Gran Mam each had the time of their lives.
The night before Johnnie
had to go home she asked Dennis, ???are you going to miss me
tomorrow when I go home????
???No!???
Boy this answer set
Johnnie back on her heels. ???Why aren??™t you going to miss
me???? Johnnie wanted to know.
???I go home with you.???
Uh ho, Johnnie thought,
I??™ve got trouble. I can??™t take him home with me. I??™m not
use to little boys. I raised two daughters and help raise
two grand daughters. Dennis is the first boy in our
family. He??™s been fun to be with, but when we dug worms to
fish with that wasn??™t really my kind of thing.
When we went fishing in
the horse trough and he fell in it like to have scared me to
death. I had to take a Xanax to settle my nerves. I don??™t
think there is enough Xanax in Arlington for me to keep
Dennis for a week.
The next morning as
Johnnie was getting ready to leave; Dennis was out in the
back yard playing. When she came out of the back door and
opened the back door of her car to put her suitcase in
Dennis ran over and crawled in. Dennis??™s mother, Amanda
grabbed him and pulled him out of the car.
???I go home with Gran Mam???
he squalled.
Amanda told him, ???No, you
can??™t go this time.??? He ran to his slide and swing set,
crawled up under the slide and folded his little arms across
his knees. He poked out his lower lip and sat there crying.
???Oh go Grannie, just as
soon as you??™re out of sight he will go back to playing.???
Johnnie drove off but she
had tears in her eyes also.
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