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| With Maddie, her mom Mel, and sister Eden |
Cloudy rainy day,
the kind that’s good for a book and a long nap. It’s not cold—in the 70s—but I
have felt chilled all day, and curling up in a comforter was a treat.
Last night the
Burtons and I went to Frisco for granddaughter Maddie’s graduation party. Love having even most of my family together—we
were missing the Tomball Alters, but Megan, Brandon, Sawyer and Ford arrived
there shortly after we did. Burgers by the pool, good company, and lots of
happiness for Maddie who heads to Colorado University (Boulder) in the fall.
This summer, she’ll work and do an internship.
I had been
straightening and sorting files the other day and found one in which I had
saved Maddie’s very early artwork—those scribbled pictures, first attempts at
writing, “I love you, Juju,” and especially an essay she did for TAAS on why
her grandmother was a role model for her. That folder was her graduation present,
and she seemed pleased as she grinned and leafed through it, promised to study
the contents more carefully when she had time. I’m afraid it’s the sort of
thing you do for first grandchildren, and I don’t have similar folders for the
six still to come along through high school.
Always so proud of
my grandchildren—they really are wonderful. But boys will be boys—Ford and
Jacob were throwing a baseball on the front lawn when Ford missed the ball, it
hit a curbside brick mailbox, ricocheted and gave him a black left eye with
considerable swelling. This morning it didn’t look as bad as we all
anticipated, but it hurt him to open it. He wore sunglasses to brunch and, with
his long, lank build and blonde hair, looked very much the incognito child
movie star.
We had a late
brunch at one of my favorite restaurants, but it was freezing cold. I had
brought a jacket, but Meg went out to the car for a blanket to wrap around
herself, and we think we saw a party leave without ordering because they were
so cold. Wish restaurants would get that message. I know wait staff hurries and
scurries and gets hot, but I think they’re about pleasing customers, aren’t
they? The long season of cold restaurants is just about to begin.
Megan and family
left for the drive back to Austin, Jordan and family went to the golf
tournament, and I settled down for that book and nap. For dinner, I’ll sauté a
lamb cop and some zucchini. A good day.
Tonight, a flag
flies at the foot of my driveway, courtesy the Fort Worth South Side Rotary.
Let us all stop our busy lives long enough to honor those who have given their
lives for our country.
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