Mah Mah

Grandmothers are the funniest people just like parents. They are always right in some way. Do you remember when your granny told yah “Don’t put your hand in that wasp nest you will be stung!” What did you do? Placed your hand in there anyway and managed to get stung. Well this is a great analogy of how good advice is not always where you want it to come from but finds its way in everything you do. Growing up in a small town with only one caution light was fun and funny at the same time. I can remember when my grandmother who we affectionately called “Mah Mah” was always cooking up a big dinner and our home would somehow become the neighborhood diner. She always said, “You don’t refuse anyone food that wouldn’t be the Lord’s way”.
Well, let us take this and think of our world today and how we have been taught to survive and not pay attention to the suffering or moods of others. The greatest lesson of yesterday is that we could all coexist and still succeed in life. Our ambitions sometimes make us blind to what we are losing in the long run. Are the family dinners you are missing with your families worth the millions of dollars you are trying to achieve? Family is what gives each person their roots and legacies that must be continued from generation to generation. Mah Mah loved family. She would wear her biggest smile when everyone was piling out of the cars with suitcases and bags coming to spend some time. You see time is what is short and what we all take for granted. Mah Mah didn’t. She enjoyed everyone’s uniqueness and tried to bask in every moment of insanity that happened around the house. Her words ring true even now “You can’t say home is where the heart is if you don’t spend time there. The key words here are “Quality Time!” I have to tell you some more about my town next time.