Thursday, November 15, 2012

Mission Accomplished, and Something I Don't Ever Want to Forget

I just closed the cover on book #100. No last-minute panic this year - I reached the goal. So I guess that means that next year I up the ante. I'm thinking number of pages, but I'm not sure. I kept trying to make myself do more "serious" reading this year, but I flaked. My list is full of mysteries. They aren't all cozies - there's some serious stuff. Hardly any nonfiction, but I think at my advanced age I shouldn't try too drastic a change. Anyway, do you have any feedback?

My Something I Don't Ever Want to Forget (sorry if you already read this on Facebook)

For the past few weeks our house has been awash with paper airplanes. We try to gather them in a box every night, just to achieve some level of containment. No room is safe. They're in the bedrooms, in the family room, in the garage. It's not unusual to have them fly past my head while I'm trying to cook. Well, this evening Christian was searching through his airplane book for a new model for Grandpa to help him with. He walked over to Jim and said very seriously, "Grandpa, when you get to Heaven I won't be there for a while. Will you please keep making paper airplanes until I can come see you? You'll be able to make really good ones then." Yes, Christian. He will. And if he can, he'll keep his promise and just keep throwing them down at you from Heaven so that you don't have to wait.

2 comments:

  1. That is the sweetest thing, the tears are coming down my cheeks.

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  2. It makes me cry too. Loud and rowdy he may be, but he has a sweet spirit.

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