Daisy a day..

Grandma's birthday was a couple of days ago.
She would have been 108 years old.
She's been gone for 40 years now,.still,it's one of those dates you accumulate over time,and pause to reflect on by way of remembrance.

I tell people that I had 'fairy tale' grandparents.
You know,the type that spend their entire lives together,good times and bad,working hard to raise their children,and showering love on the grand babies.

They had a routine down the would always make us kids giggle with delight.
Grandpa would pretend to commit some act of mischief...Sneaking food from the stove top,or straining his neck to get a peek at her cards while playing gin rummy,..anything to provoke her response.

'PA!..I'm gonna jerk a knot in your tailbone!'

She was all of five-foot nothin',and he was well over six feet,but he'd make a great show of cringing at the prospect of suffering her wrath.
We loved it!

Grandma died at the age of 68,after a long battle with Diabetes,and Grandpa followed less than a year later.

No doubt,there were times when they must have argued in earnest,but all we grand kids ever saw was how very much they cared for each other.

This song has always reminded me of them.