WHEN JOHNNIE
WENT TO GUSTINE TO VISIT OUR GRAND DAUGHTER,
AMANDA AND HER FAMILY, SHE SPENT FOUR DAYS. SHE
AND DENNIS, OUR GREAT GRANDSON HAD A BALL. THIS
WAS THE FIRST TIME SHE HAD BEEN ABLE TO SPEND
ANY TIME WITH HIM BY THEIR SELVES.
THEY HAD A
GREAT TIME PLAYING, FISHING AND EATING ICE CREAM
TOGETHER. WELL MAYBE THE FISHING WASN’T SO MUCH
FUN, BUT THAT’S A WHOLE NOTHER STORY FOR A
DIFFERENT TIME.
THE POINT IS
DENNIS AND GRAN MAM EACH HAD THE TIME OF THEIR
LIVES.
THE NIGHT
BEFORE JOHNNIE HAD TO GO HOME SHE ASKED DENNIS,
“ARE YOU GOING TO MISS ME TOMORROW WHEN I GO
HOME?”
“NO!”
BOY THIS ANSWER
SET JOHNNIE BACK ON HER HEELS. “WHY AREN’T YOU
GOING TO MISS ME?” JOHNNIE WANTED TO KNOW.
“I GO HOME WITH
YOU.”
UH OH, JOHNNIE
THOUGHT, I’VE GOT TROUBLE. I CAN’T TAKE HIM HOME
WITH ME. I’M NOT USE TO LITTLE BOYS. I RAISED
TWO DAUGHTERS AND HELP RAISE TWO GRAND
DAUGHTERS. DENNIS IS THE FIRST BOY IN OUR
FAMILY. HE’S BEEN FUN TO BE WITH, BUT WHEN WE
DUG WORMS TO FISH WITH THAT WASN’T REALLY MY
KIND OF THING.
WHEN WE WENT
FISHING IN THE HORSE TROUGH AND HE FELL IN IT
LIKE TO HAVE SCARED ME TO DEATH. I HAD TO TAKE A
XANAX TO SETTLE MY NERVES. I DON’T THINK THERE
IS ENOUGH XANAX IN ARLINGTON FOR ME TO KEEP
DENNIS FOR A WEEK.
THE NEXT
MORNING AS JOHNNIE WAS GETTING READY TO LEAVE,
DENNIS WAS OUT IN THE BACK YARD PLAYING. WHEN
SHE CAME OUT OF THE BACK DOOR AND OPENED THE
BACK DOOR OF HER CAR TO PUT HER SUITCASE IN
DENNIS RAN OVER AND CRAWLED IN. DENNIS’S MOTHER,
AMANDA GRABBED HIM AND PULLED HIM OUT OF THE
CAR.
“I GO HOME WITH
GRAN MAM” HE SQUALLED.
AMANDA TOLD
HIM, “NO, YOU CAN’T GO THIS TIME.” HE RAN TO HIS
SLIDE AND SWING SET, CRAWLED UP UNDER THE SLIDE
AND FOLDED HIS LITTLE ARMS ACROSS HIS KNEES. HE
POKED OUT HIS LOWER LIP AND SAT THERE CRYING.
“OH GO GRANNIE,
JUST AS SOON AS YOUR OUT OF SIGHT HE WILL GO
BACK TO PLAYING.”
JOHNNIE DROVE
OFF BUT SHE HAD TEARS IN HER EYES ALSO.
BY LOREN
MOORE
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