African Violets and Gesneriads: ANOTHER New Day Of Gratitude and Love, 1 by TurtleChi

TurtleChi wrote:
Kids can be the best things in life...I know in my life they have been...One of my GD Naida love to come here and just do the simply things in life.. She is 6 1/2 now and when she had turned 5 Papa and I asked her what she really wanted for her birthday.. Now mind YOU we already had her things we just want to know what she really,really wanted... Well out of the blue she say I want a garden like Nana has... Well blew us away but said we would see what we could do.... We live in the south and they rent so land has never had anything done to it... RED CLAY.... Well we got out the big guns... We brought our BIG rotor tiller to the party and about 200.00 in plants plus all the dirt we could fix it the truck... Well as she partied for a while with he little friends her parent Joe and Mandy came and said it was cake time... well Nadia came and said Mom we can't have cake until my garden is in... We then told her we needed a break so cake it was... She then wanted all her friends to go home so she could now play in the dirt and plant her plants where she wanted them..She is a trip things got put here and there but they grew for the summer with her even drownding them everyday..... It is a birthday we will always remember.... Now she just says this year she want her own flower garden here as my yard does not get that many weed..LOLOL Told her there were not as many weeds casue Nana and Papa stay out for hours to keep them away... She said ok she will kill the beattles on the flowers and we could weed...little imp.... This year we should have two in the garden a almost 7 and a one year old... Now they will have there own gardens and not play much in mine... I have over 100 plumerias that Nandia is gonna get a lei out of them if it kill her or Nana yelles at her for picking my very first bloom on a tree I never seen before... Oh she can have them all as every grows... Gotta love them...
I am so happy for you Gail that she thinks so much of you.. I swear when we are in our garden either with kids or without God is always there saying take care of the earth as one day we will all go the ashes.... Nanda and I talk alot about god and how he makes things grow and how at time things dies also...
Gail I am so happy for you that you have a bond with her... Some GP dont and I feel for them... My sister in law did not want to be called Grandmother as it made her old she wanted to be called Irene..... Shoot we were alll asked what we wanted when the first was born... I wanted Nana as all of my family used it.. Kevin was Papa and Mary MIL is Grandma Mary her parents are Grand Pa and Grandma...it all works... Now one day to be DIL tellse me I will be call mema(?) and Kevin Pepa (?) she says it is a southern thing.... They can call me anything and I will always answer...
Thank Gail you started my morning out nice as my night time was crappy...
Hugs and Love,
Susan
PS this is Nadia's 6th birthday and she wanted flowers.. So she went a picking...LOL