LITTLE THINGS & LITTLE ONES

As you know from my daughter Tammy's Blog, Little Cherub just celebreated her 5th Birthday on the 18th.
I called her up to sing Happy Birthday to her, a favorite custom in our family. She told me she liked the card I sent her & added that she liked the money. This was the first time that I had enclosed money with their birthday card, & this was a Dollar Bill. To a child a dollar is a wonderful amount & can be spent at their favorite store for purchases, the Dollar Tree.


Since I was a child during the Depression, I was more than likely the receiver of a Penny, or the wonderful Nickle, preferred over a dime at a young age, because it was bigger, & of course bigger than a Penny.

When I was 2 years old, someone, possibly my dad gave me a Nickle which I promptly swallowed & got caught in my throat. I thought it was candy. Daddy, I'm told turned me upside down & tapped me on the back, & fortunately the money was dislodged.
In those days,Penny's could buy penny candies so my sister & I loved receiving those small amounts & happily spent them.

It doesn't take expensive items to make a small child happy. They do want certain items they have seen advertised on TV such as the Curious George bubble set, which I'm glad her daddy secured for her. As a child growing up, I sent for a Decoder badge featured on the Little Orphan Annie show on the radio, by sending in the seal from the Jar of Ovaltine. We too were subjected to the merchandising of sponsors on the radio, before the advent of TV.

What was exciting for Little Cherub, was receiving mail addressed to her & finding the card & that all important dollar inside. I hope that they will always find delight in the little things of life, seeing a butterfly, watching a bird make a nest, picking dandelions & other wild flowers & presenting their bouquets to me.

Lest anyone think that this doting grandmother just had a card for Little Cherub's birthday, Nammy told her that there is another present at my house which she will receive, either when mommy brings her down, or I'm able to bring it up to her house.