Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

My younger son, grandson and I drove up to visit my older son, his wife and my five year old grandson. The two year old was enchanted with their cat, who graciously allowed the grandson to pat him. The younger grandson fell in love with the older one's toys, then carried a barn fence around and wouldn't give it back. The older one was having trouble sharing, but the struggle was resolved after some explanation about how the younger one was too young to understand much about sharing. That is a lesson that takes many years, and sometimes is never learned at all. We ordered pizza for lunch, and enjoyed their back yard, including eating raspberries, blueberries and strawberries from their bushes. I've gotten wooden raised gardens for each of my grandchildren, and the five year old has snapdragons, strawberries and petunias in his right now. The day was a perfect 75 degrees and we ate on their deck. I've always loved the town in which they live, and lived there myself fifty years ago and my older daughter was born there. I also taught junior college there for many years, commuting from here. So I am comfortable with the area and it's a little like coming home every time I'm up there.