Hi there! I'm grandma Neil!
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The program you are about
to see, shows a typical day
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for the children in my
neighborhood who visit me at
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grandma's house in
Chehalis Washington.
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These children are not
actors they are just being
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themselves as I let
you peek inside our doors.
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What a joy it is to
see them learn of Jesus
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for the very first time.
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Come on outside now and enjoy
a little visit grandma's house.
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Oh I like this one, lets see!
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Well I don't
know, what do you think?
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I am so glad you are
the first guys here today.
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The other girls will be
along pretty soon, but for right
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now I'm just trying on
hats like my grandma used to do.
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Let's see what some
other ones might look like.
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Well, I like this one,
I think she used to wear
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this one to church.
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And I'm not sure whether
it goes this way, or this way
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or maybe even this way.
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What do you guys think?
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Which is best, which is scary?
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Hmmm I kind of like it
like that, well don't you think
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hats should be at
a jaunty angle? I do!
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Oh a letter!
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Dear girls come on up
to the attic I am waiting
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for you there, love grandma.
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Let's sneak in and surprise her.
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This one's, you know what
I think the kids are coming.
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I think the other
grandkids are here.
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I hear them
sneaking up the stairs.
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Let's don't let
them know we hear them.
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Alright, Shhhhhhhhh!
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Grandma, oh, Hey!
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So glad to see you
guys, you snuck up on me.
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I'm trying on hats that belonged
to my grandmas and grandpa's.
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Do you want to try some?
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Yeah - alright, here's
one, this one is a classic.
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We'll try that with Britney.
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Are you under there?
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Try that one!
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Oh Wow, you are too cute.
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This is a special hat.
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Oh do you like that one?
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Grandma you've
got the coolest hats.
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Well thank you I think
that they are pretty cool too.
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I would like to show you
some pictures I have of hats
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from days gone by,
are you interested?
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Yeah, show us.
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I keep my
pictures in this box here.
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First I want to show you
this, this is the first hat I
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remember ever wearing.
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What do you think,
that's me and my older brother.
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We both have hats on,
aren't those pretty cool?
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Umhmm! A slug bug, - ha ha
well that's not a Volkswagen.
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It's just the way the
cars looked way back then.
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That was about 1946.
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Then look at this lady,
this is kind of a scary lady.
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Look at the hat she has got on.
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I can't see that lady well -
well it's an old, old picture.
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This is my great
grandmother and she was kind of
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a scary lady to me.
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But she liked to wear hats.
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And here's another one, this
is a picture of me and my dad.
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He has got a hat
on and I was maybe 7.
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That was going to
church one morning.
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I have another one in
here I want to show you.
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This picture I love, could you
guess who is in this picture?
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You - no I am not, it
is way older than that.
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This little girl
right here is my mother.
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This is my aunt, and
this is my grandmother
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when she was young.
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I remember a lot about
her and liked her a lot.
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She was real special to me.
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And I have an essay,
some thing a little girl
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wrote when she was 7 years
old that talks about grandmas.
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It's kind of funny so I
will read it to you, Okay?
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Ready, ah huh!
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What is a grandma!
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A grandma is a lady who
has no children of her own.
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So she likes other
people's little girls.
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A grandfather is
a man grandmother.
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And he goes for walks with
the boys and they talk about
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fishing and things like that.
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Grandmas don't have
anything to do but just be here.
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And they are so old
they should not play hard.
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Like me, I'm too
old to play hard right!
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
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It's enough that they drive
us to the supermarket where
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the pretend horse is.
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They have lots of dimes
ready or if they take us for
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walks they should slow
down pass pretty things like
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leaves and caterpillars.
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And grandmas
should never say hurry up.
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Usually they are
fat, but not too fat.
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They wear glasses, like
this and funny underwear
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which I won't show you.
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Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! Ha!
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And what else they can do
is they can take their teeth
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and gums off.
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Can you do that?
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No - see I have a
talent nobody else has.
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Grandmas don't have to
be smart, they only have to
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answer questions like
why do dogs hate cats?
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And how come isn't God married?
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Did you ever think about that?
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No - Hummmm!
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Grandmas don't talk
baby talk like visitors do.
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Because it's
really hard to understand.
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When they read to us
they don't skip words and they
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don't mind if it's
the same story over again.
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Everybody should try to have
a grandma, especially if they
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don't have television
because grandmas are the only
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grown-ups who have got time.
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Isn't that cool, and grandma's
do have time for grandkids.
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We love to have you come.
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I love it when you come over
and we play like we did today.
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Can you take off
your teeth again?
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I could but it's something
I only do on very special
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occasions, do you
think this is special enough?
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It's like upside thing - is it!
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Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!
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Well that's something you
can't do until you get to be a
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grandma, you are just
going to have to wait.
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Well have we had fun today?
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Yeah! yeah! yeah! - cool!
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Girls, it's time
to come home now.
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Oh, girls we you give
me a hug before you go!
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Don't make mom wait too long.
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I love having you guys come.
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Oh I have had such a good time.
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I'll see you again soon, okay!
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Bye grandma - bye - goodbye!
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Bye, well we have
had all ball today.
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Maybe a few
surprises along the way too.
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I would love to get
some letters for you guys.
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I would like to hear about the
hats that you especially love.
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And if you have other kinds
of things you have from your
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grandparents that they
have handed down to you, would
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you write and tell me about
them or maybe send me a picture.
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I love it.
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So if you would get a
pencil on a paper and write down
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my address so
you can write to me.
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Hey kids grandma Neil
would like to hear from you.
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She loves to get pictures,
drawings and anything else
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you may want to send her.
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She also answers each one
of your letters so get your
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pen ready and
write down her address.
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I love it when
you come to visit.
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It gives me an excuse to
become a little girl again,
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and see you through
the perfect eyes that
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only a grandma has.
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Now I wear glasses
sometimes, but that is not what
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I am talking about.
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The perfect eyes I have I only
got after I lived many years.
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You see the first time I
was a little girl it was just
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practice, I made lots of
mistakes and I wish I could go
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back before I made the mistake
and make a different choice.
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But we both know
that is against the rules.
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There aren't any
do over's in life.
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Except, don't
you love that word?
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It means that once in
a while God gives us a
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chance for a do over.
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Remember grandmas
are antique little girls.
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That means because of you, I
get to be young at heart again.
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I get to play
and laugh and learn,
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but this time it is a do over.
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I get to be like you and I
get to keep all the things I
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have learned about my life.
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Such a deal.
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Now I know a lot of the
things you wish you knew and I'm
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willing to tell you
the secrets I've learned.
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Do you want to
know what they are?
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I'll tell you one secret
every time you come to visit me.
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I'll tell you one right now.
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It's about my perfect eyes,
they are a gift God gives to
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people when they
finally learned to give others
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a chance for a do over.
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God calls it
forgiveness, it works like this.
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When you make enough
mistakes and you do enough wrong
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things then you know what
it feels like to be ashamed.
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You feel embarrassed and wished
that nobody knew what you did.
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Sometimes you wish you
could just hide forever.
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Well that is what forgiveness
is, it is when you do for
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somebody else what you wish
everybody else would do for you.
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Everybody makes mistakes
just like you do, and you
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choose not to
hold it against them.
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You give them a chance for a do
over, to do better the next time
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And God does that when ever
we do something wrong and we
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ask Him for a do over,
He gives us another chance.
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And another one, as
many as we need while
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we are learning to do it right.
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I see you through the
perfect eyes of grandma, that
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means to me you are
perfectly beautiful, perfectly
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wonderful, and
perfectly lovable.
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I want you to know that I
have time for you, no matter
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who you are, or
what you look like,
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or what you might have done.
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This grandma loves you
just as you are right now,
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and God does too.
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I want you to know that I
will always try to help you
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when you are in trouble.
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I'll listen with
my whole heart and
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I'll dry your
tears when you hurt.
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You'll never be
too big or too old to
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come home to Grandma's house.
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Come back soon won't you?
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I'll be waiting!
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It's nice stuff
smells like a flower.
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I'm putting makeup on you.
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You look like a beautiful bride.
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You like that?
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Yes it looks like
you're walking down the aisle.
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Swish round and round.
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That's a grandpa hat.
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This is really
pretty - hey look!
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There you go all finished.
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Did she make you
green? - yeah! - No!
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