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1 week ago

How Children perceive their grandparents.

Royce Shook · I was sent this by one of my high school friends, I added to it and thought I would share · 1. · I was in the bathroom, putting on my makeup, under the watchful eyes of my young granddaughter, as I'd done many times before. After I applied my lipstick and started to leave, the li ...

1 year ago

Some Foolishness

Royce Shook · Since I have been writing about some pretty heavy stuff, I thought it was a time for some foolishness · Three old men are discussing their failing memories. The first old man says, "Today I was at the top of the stairs, and I couldn't remember if I had just gone up or was about t ...

2 years ago

Things Grandpa tried to teach me:

Royce Shook · Sunset  · 1) Life is simpler when you plough around the stump. · 2)A yellow jacket is faster than a John Deere tractor. · 3) Words that soak into your ear are whispered, not yelled. · 4) Meanness doesn't happen overnight. · 5) Don't sell your mule to buy a plow. · 6) Don't corner ...

3 years ago

Holidays with the grandparents

Royce Shook · A teacher friend of mine sent me the following · After Christmas, a teacher asked her young pupils how they spent their holiday away from school. · One child wrote the following: · We always used to spend the holidays with Grandma and Grandpa. · They used to live in a big brick h ...

5 years ago

Expensive gifts not needed

Royce Shook · Gifts don't need to be big and expensive, sometimes the simplest and most inexpensive gift can have great meaning, both to the giver and the receiver. Most of us are aware of the things our friends and family like their loves, their hobbies and their dreams. With that knowledge i ...

5 years ago

Taking Care of Yourself is Part of the Job

Royce Shook · Caregivers have to take care of themselves first as they are doing a very tough job. There are the emotional issues, you are becoming the parent, as your parents become the child. When you were young you went to them for help and advice, now they need you to play that role.  · Bu ...

6 years ago

Hide and Seek

Royce Shook · Staying on the idea that "fun is different know" but wilth a different perspective. Have you noticed that children love to play hide and seek. When you were raising those kids of yours, it was great fun to join them in that game. Another variation on it that lots of us play with ...

6 years ago

Becoming Gandalf

Royce Shook · In the classic books and in the movie series, The Lord of the Rings, Gandalf was the wise old wizard that guided the heroic party through to success. While we don’t have real Gandalfs in our lives, you may be able to remember when you were young that wise elder statesman that you ...

6 years ago

Memories of growing

Royce Shook · Every now and then Facebook asks if you would like to share your memories and the program hauls out an old picture or video that you once posted. Well, that happened to me, just before my grandson's · 7th birthday. It was a picture of him when he was two, I did not share the memo ...

6 years ago

Grandparent a different perspective

Royce Shook · Thanks to Scott for this one. · Grandparents!! · 1.  She was in the bathroom, putting on her makeup, under the watchful eyes of her young granddaughter, as she'd done many times before.  After she applied her lipstick and started to leave, the little one said, "But Grandma, you f ...

7 years ago

Grandparents a different perspective

Royce Shook · Thanks to Scott for this one. · Grandparents from a child's view: · 1. · She · was in the bathroom, putting on her makeup, under the · watchful eyes · of her young granddaughter, as she'd done many times before. · After she applied her lipstick and started to leave, the little o ...

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