On The Road Again

Memorial Day was spent driving for 11 hours  to Cincinnati, Ohio. I have a grandson graduating from High School and a grand daughter graduating from the 4th Grade. 

You know my driving adventures are always exciting. My GPS took me on  even a different route this time. It was a highway I had never been on before. I didn't know there were so many routes to and from Cincinnati. For a while I was not even sure where I was at. Also I call it No Man's Land. For about an hour or so there is no cell phone coverage.

While I was driving I had a visitor. I was driving along, minding my own business, trying to figure out where I was at, when all of a sudden I saw these flashing lights coming up beside me.  He was  nice and could tell I wasn't for sure where I was at, let alone knowing the speed limit. 

And they always ask that important question, "Do you know why I pulled you over? You were going 73 in a 60 mile speed zone."  Thankfully, he only gave me a warning.

All in all, it was a beautiful drive with beautiful weather. And I always enjoy seeing my family

Please pray for safety as I travel.

Beautiful Wild Flowers in Virginia

Traveling through Virginia

Out of the Mouths of Babes

My grandchildren add so much laughter and joy to my life.  They are so honest.

 

One day one of my grandsons, Gavin, told me that when I died I was going to be in the ground for a long long time because I had "Lines and Dots" and that meant that I was really old.  The other day, Hayden told me that I was old because I had "Dots."

For you who don't know what "Lines and Dots" are - it's "Winkles and Age Spots."

I keep telling them the "Dots" are freckles.

I'm so thankful for hair coloring. I don't know what they would say if they saw the gray hair along with the "Lines and Dots."

 

I think I'll start telling them that the dots are wisdom spots. As I get older, I become wiser and the dots show how smart I am. I wonder if they will believe me.

 

 

 Proverbs 9:10-11

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.  For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

 

 

 

I Love Being A Grandma

Grandchildren are God's way 

of compensating us for growing old.  

~Mary H. Waldrip

 

The other day I was at the school. I was in the K4 classroom and all the kids were hugging me and calling me Grandma Rice. I thought what a wonderful name to be called - GRANDMA.

To my grand kids I'm known as Grandma, Grandma from 'Tucky, and MeMe.

The Grandma from 'Tucky was from when we lived in Kentucky.  Some of them still call me that even though we haven't lived in Kentucky for about eight years.

Being a Grandma is one of my greatest joys in life. With my grand kids I can act crazy, laugh a lot, forget about sadness, and share lots of love that I have inside for them. 

I remember my Grandmothers and the love they had for me.  They were all hard working women who raised large families without all the conveniences we have today. I still have letters that two of my Grandmothers wrote to me, even after I was grown and married with children of my own and had made them a Great Great Grandma and a Great Grandma.

My Great Grandma Creekmur lived to be 96 and my Grandma "Mammy" lived to be 91. 

I'm glad that they were a part of my life.

My Great Grandma Creekmur's  Wedding Day

My Great Grandma Creekmur

My Grandpa "Poppy" and Grandma "Mammy"

My Grandma "Mammy"

9 of my 11 Grandchildren and Me

I always pray that I'll be a good example of a Godly Grandma and my grandchildren will have wonderful memories of all the times we spent together and  always remember how much I loved each one of them.