Taste of Heaven

Luana told me some time ago to write memories about raising kids, but those stories are all old. All of you know them backward and forward. Maybe a few times having to do with grandkids....I don't know now if I was tending Sam and Jeremy on a regular basis or just as needed. But one morning they arrived in their sleepers, and Sam as usual followed me wherever I went to bring me up to date on all hiis doings. I forgot we had set a mousetrap in the freezer room and went in to get meat out for dinner. SNAP!! And loud cries from Sam. His big toe was caught. We rocked for awhile until it felt better. One afternoon they pulled chairs up, one on each side of me, to "help" stir up a cake. Jeremy hovered by the stove all during the baking because he was afraid it wouldn't be done before his Mommy came after them. "And all we have to eat at our house is carrots." he mourned. It was out of the oven and sampled before Mommy arrived. Another time the two were brought over in the evening and learned that there were no goodies here. Jeremy was very concerned about the situation. "But what are you going to do, Grandma?" It struck Grandpa's funny bone a good one so he and the boys went to the store right then to load up on candy and cookies. That reminds me of a time when Sue was about 5 years old and at her Grandma's. "I wrote you a grocery list, Grandma. Cookies, candy, and ice cream, and what else do you need from the store?" Grandma gave her a dime and sent her off to buy herself some candy.
But what does that have to do with heaven? Not a thing. I got sidetracked. When I was very young and we lived in the country, but I think I'll write about that next time around. Taste of Heaven coming up later--One more memory about Sam and Jeremy. They liked to sit on either side of me when I was crocheting so they could "hold the rope." Often I just did chains for them to play with. Several of them that they took home one evening had to be taped to their living room wall as Christmas decorations! Debbie did it to make them happy.