Meeting Your Great Grandmother “Nanny” and Great Aunt Linda (Letter from Grandma Robin)
September 23, 2017
Dear Lucy,
It’s been almost two months since I last saw you, and my you
have grown. Your cheeks are full and
rosy and your smiles light up the room.
Once again I just couldn’t help myself, a white dress
trimmed in black/peach with a toucan on it and a matching straw hat. You embraced the attention with smiles and
grace. The pictures tell all.
You met my mother, your mother’s grandmother, your great
grandmother and my sister, your mother’s aunt, your great aunt Linda.
So let me introduce you to your Nanny. As far back as I can remember she loved to
read. She taught me to read before I
went to school (for which I am forever grateful). I remember learning to read with pictures cut
out from magazines and glued into a notebook and later discovering the world of
Dr. Seuss. I think we had a Dr. Seuss book of the month club, it was always fun
to get a package in the mail. So, I also
came to love reading and books. Once in
grade school I was so excited about a book called Caddie Woodlawn, Nanny read
it too. Today, we still share that bond
of reading through mystery books, and especially cookbooks! Yes, we love to cook too.
Your great Aunt Linda, is the most avid reader of us
all. Science fiction, mysteries,
historical, I think she reads everything except for the cookbooks! No, she does not like to cook. One of her favorite books, the ugly duckling
we read to you this weekend.
It was really enjoyable for us all to sit back and listen as
your animated mother read some of the old classics along with new favorites to
you this weekend. But the true highlight
was watching you as you looked back and forth between the pictures in the book
and looking at your mother as she read to you.
To you dear Lucy we pass down the love of reading.
Till next time,
Love Grandma
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