Some of the best medicine!

  This is my 14.5 (see the math?) month old grandson, Emerson. We had an awesome day yesterday!  My son James and his lovely wife Christy brought Emerson down from Spokane to spend some time with grandma. He is beautiful and happy and so much fun to be around. Dusty came over, too, so the whole family was here. That in and of itself was beyond wonderful!! And good medicine.
This little man entertained us all, all day long (and wore us out). It took all 5 of us to keep up with him. He moved rocks, rode a little scooter we just bought (backwards seems to be more fun than forward), and had his first experience with our pop-up underground sprinklers (they caught him unawares as he was chasing a dog across the yard).
Emerson evidently didn't think much of my kitchen organization; he spent considerable time moving Tupperware, lids, bowls, paper plates and napkins, etc. from one place to another and being rather emphatic about us leaving things where he put them. If we moved anything back, he moved it to the new place again!

  Notice he has on a Johnny Cash shirt. His other grandma has bought him a small drum set with a bass, a snare, and a cymbal. When he found my metal mixing bowl he sat down on the rug and started beating on it! So we found a big wooden spoon and then added a medium snap-ware bowl to the mix. It was so entertaining! He pounded on the tops, turned them over, pounded on the rims, used the scoop of the spoon and then used the skinny part of the handle... that kind of exploring intelligence is what has always drawn me to teaching. Watching the wheels turn is so exciting! I was just mesmerized by his experimentation and purposefulness...

I woke up this morning with no nausea and very little anxiety. The love and attention of friends and family really, truly is the very best medicine! Thank you for the cards, the comments, the hugs, the prayers.