We
were taught something new the other day.
Cailyn had an explanation for her recent use of air quotes when she
talks. You know, the act of holding your
hands in the air with two fingers extended and flicking the fingers downward as
you speak. Obviously she has seen
someone use them, and what kid is not going to give something as cool as that a
try? And what better guinea pigs to try
it on than good ol’ safe Nani and DadDad?
She was using them somewhat appropriately, too. So, what was her explanation? “This” (Insert
air quotes here) “means I’m being sarcastic.” And so another vital component of American
life in the 21st Century is grasped by one of its younger
constituents. Sigh (Insert air quotes here).
Speaking
of Cailyn, we took her on a field trip the other day. Betty Head called and said she had some ripe
figs for us from her tree in her back yard.
Chris makes a mean strawberry-fig jam.
So good in fact that Betty recommended it to her granddaughter, who in
turn called for the recipe. Something
about wanting to impress a guy she was dating or something (The granddaughter, not Betty). Well, apparently the exchange for the
information was a batch of the figs for us.
Betty was going to bring them over, but Chris quickly volunteered the
field trip.
And
quite the experience it was, for all of us.
Mrs. Betty’s backyard is amazing.
It is much bigger than you would expect.
And it is pretty much covered with gardens of one kind or another. Along with the fig tree is a big pecan tree. There is an array of flowers the names of
which I can never hope to pronounce, much less remember. Betty had a full bag
of figs already in hand when we arrived, but Cailyn got to pick a few off the
tree for herself. I’ve never been one to
eat figs right off the tree, but she sure did light into a few (after we got home and washed them, of course). She also picked out a jalepeno pepper and
plucked it from the plant (Do peppers
grow on trees? Bushes?). “Mommy will eat that right up,” she assured
us. So will her Daddy. And guess what … they can have it. Jalepenos are sooo good for you (Insert air quotes here), I wouldn’t want
to take away that wonderful experience (Insert
air quotes here) from them.
Romans
12:9-10 says, “Love must be sincere. Hate
what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly
love. Honor one another above yourselves.”
Father,
thank you for the incredible things that grow in your world. And thank you for the Mrs. Betty’s who are
willing to share them. Amen.
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