“What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies.”
~ Rudolph Giuliani

“Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just you all day and now the day was complete.”
~ Marcy DeMaree

i’d like to introduce you to my mom’s parents. a pathologist and a homemaker. a windsurfer and a crocheter. a toy train tinkerer and a baker of the most amazing raisin-free cinnamon buns on the planet.

they are pretty darn wonderful.

the painting hanging above their heads is of Camp Oshkidee in the late 70s. the place i learned how to build sand castles. and float around the dock on an inner tube. and catch minnows. and go knee-boarding. and drive a skidoo/kayak/paddleboat/dirtbike. the place where we sang every campfire song you can imagine. and took our meals in a giant hall with round tables. and slept in sleeping bags on bunk beds.

the place i grew up safe and strong, knowing i was smart and loved. the place my grandma and grandpa worked hard to give our family.

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