Special days – Grandparents’ day

Girl Scout cookies

The Girl Scouts kicking off their fund raising cookie campaign can’t afford to hire an agent to promote publicity, nor can they go to Congress to keep their cause cooking. They have to rely upon you and me and all they offer is the glow we get from giving to a good cause. Some people look upon this bobby-sox brigade as a band of “awe-full” fillies, always acting silly; they speak of them as the terrible teens and the adolescent age . . . and wonder where these giggly girls are headed.

But the adolescent period isn’t necessarily a problem, little girls can be one of the nicest things that happen to people. They defy the law of diminishing returns for there are millions of them around us-and in her own way, each one is precious. It’s true that little girls can grow into big problems when their popularity is measured by bicycle rings, phone calls, and automobile honks …. but while these ‘tween age Scouts are too old for dolls and too young for dates, they’re a cute bunch of cookies.

Grandparents’ Day

Grandparents can be young in years or old in age. Grandpa may have tied his horse to a hitching post when he courted his girl, or buzzed up the avenue in a raccoon coat with a flask on his hip. Perhaps Grandma ran to meet him in a skirt above her knees and they’d Charleston ’til “Three O’clock in the Morning.” Whether they’re old enough to speak only of yesteryears or young enough to be real hep, Grandparents bring lots of happiness to little children. Theirs is a function of love; they give all and ask nothing . . . just brag about the chips off the old block with all the modern improvements.

The favorite Grandpa is a mellow fellow with snowy hair; he’s full of fabulous stories about the past, and endowed with wisdom and a sense of values that’s never taught in school. He always understands, and is never too busy to listen. The nicest Grandma is experienced at baby sitting, a task she’s ever anxious to assume. Her house is always full of fun and she has lots of old snapshots; one even shows Daddy as a baby with no clothes on. Both Gram and Gramp tell lots of stories about the times when Mom and Dad were kids . . . how they did bad things too. They make kids feel they’re not so hopeless after all!

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