Hello there, I created
Grandma's house so I could be
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a loving Christian
Grandma to every child I meet.
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You're going to meet
some real kids who come every
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week for love and
Christian mentoring.
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Many of them are hearing
about Jesus for the first time.
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My hope and prayer is that
you will be inspired to open
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your arms and heart to
your neighborhood children.
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Welcome to Grandma's House.
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Hi there you
beautiful grandkids.
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I'd like you to come
in here and meet 4 of
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of my other
beautiful granddaughters.
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The one on this end is Tessa.
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This is Samantha, this is Katie,
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And this is truly Natasha.
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I'm so glad to have them
there today and I'm so glad
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you guys came to join us.
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I asked them to come over
today because we want to get
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some fun in the
garden, where the flowers are,
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before the winter and fall come.
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The flowers are starting to
fade, but it's still so much fun
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I wanted to tell them too,
talk a little bit about flowers,
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and the colors and the shapes.
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Do you know who Solomon was?
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In the Bible!
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Kat who was he?
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A great king!
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That's right, he
was a great king.
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What kind of
things do kings wear?
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Crowns and a robe thing.
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Right! Do you think
they are rich clothes?
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Rich clothes.
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Are they work clothes?
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Well the Bible says that
even Solomon in all his rich
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magnificent robes and his
crown was not as beautiful
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and arrayed as magnificently
as the flowers out in the field.
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In fact, he says it is
not as beautiful as the
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lilies in the field.
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These are awfully beautiful.
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Look at this!
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You guys can each take one.
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I want to show them too,
one of the fun things we do
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with these flowers,
they're called Holly Hocks.
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Now you might have flowers
at your home that are shaped
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something like this, they
need to be kind of flat, ruffly
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on the bottom.
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They kind of sit up like
that on the palm of your hand.
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Guys ready?
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We're going to make floating
ladies to put in this little
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thing of water to make a
wonderful table decoration.
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And for the top of the
lady, this is like her skirt.
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If you have, oh some of these
have a little piece of stem
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on them, so you want to
take the piece of stem off.
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We pretend like this is
the skirt, and these are the
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beautiful bonnets
that the ladies wear.
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You take the end off of that,
and now how are you going to
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get them to stick
together you think?
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With a pin?
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With a pin, Yep!
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We've got some
long straight pins here.
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You put it down right straight
sideways, through the little
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bonnet, can you see that?
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There's a little
bit of pin sticking out
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you put that right down
like that and then you put her
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in the water
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A little front heavy isn't she?
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She wants to bow into the water.
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But that's how they go.
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And maybe so, why
don't you try one?
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And maybe you put the bonnet
a little further to the back.
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It might float better.
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Let's see, let's try that out.
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But when you are having a nice
dinner party, or you want to
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fix something really special,
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for your Mom and Dad.
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Maybe make a, did you ever
serve them breakfast in bed?
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You should think
about doing that sometimes.
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This would be a nice
little thing to put on their
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breakfast tray or on
the dinner table to make
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everybody happy.
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What do you think?
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AH! That's beautiful Tessa.
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Let's put in there
and see how it looks.
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Oh! Her's floats really great.
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Oh aren't these
beautiful floating ladies?
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You guys like those?
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Yeah!
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Can you remember how to do
them for your folks sometime?
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Yes! Yes! Okay!
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It was easy.
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Good, well then while we
go out in the garden you know
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I have one kind of Lily out
there, I have Snap Dragons and
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Asters, all kinds of things.
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But see who can
find the lily! Ok?
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Okay, let's head
out to the garden.
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Let's go, come on guys,
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you come with, us
it's going to be fun.
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See these pods? Aren't
those the coolest things?
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I found a lily!
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Ah well we finished our
flower gathering for today.
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Aren't they beautiful?
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Take a look, guys show
the kids at home your flowers.
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Lots of different kinds.
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One kind we found that I really
really like is the Snap Dragon.
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This is what they
look like on the stem.
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Lots of little
flowers going up a stock.
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But what's cool about
these is if you take one off,
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and you pinch it,
right behind his cheeks,
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zoom, it's mouth opens up.
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My Grandma told that
this was what a dragon looks
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like when he opens
his mouth, and he likes
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to bite little fingers.
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So she had me put it
on my finger when I was
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about 3 and 1/2 years old.
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I loved it, I thought
that was so fascinating.
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He's even got teeth in
there, if you look really close,
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it really does look
like a dragon's mouth.
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Well we brought all
these flowers up for a purpose
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We like to do things,
especially for elder folks,
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our grandma's and grandpa's.
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Maybe other people that
live in the neighborhood.
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Sometime they are shut
in and don't get out as
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often as they'd like to.
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But it really cheers them
up if a child comes over and
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brings them something fun.
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So that is what we
are going to do today.
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We're going to
learn to make May baskets.
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You guys make
May baskets before?
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NO! No!
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This is kind of a quaint custom,
it comes from the old days.
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And I use to make
them when I was a kid.
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But here what I am going
to give you first is a piece
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of paper, I cut
out some pretty sheets,
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I just give you each, you
can choose which paper you want.
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Choose a piece of
paper here that you like,
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Yes, all different kinds.
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Here's a pink one, do
you like pink and lavenders?
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Aren't these pretty ones?
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This one is pretty? Oh Yeah!
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Those are my favorite colors.
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Okay!
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Before you start rolling it up
we need to find a pretty sticker
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I've got some here
that look like butterflies.
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Those will go really well
with flowers, don't you think?
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And then I have some other
ones here that have promises
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on them, these
are wonderful too.
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Especially for somebody
who might be a little bit,
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depressed or something.
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Let me show you one of these.
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These have flowers on
them and they say GOD IS GOOD!
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GOD IS GRACIOUS!
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GOD IS LOVE, GOD IS GREAT!
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So that just takes our
whole theme of flowers and God
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together with, to help
cheer the old folks up.
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So everybody got a
sticker that you like?
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Need to pick out one and get
ready to use it on your paper.
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Let's see, I think I like the
one that says, GOD IS GRACIOUS!
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That's my favorite.
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Can I use more than one?
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Sure! You can
have more than one.
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What I want you to do is
take your.., before... Don't put
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your stickers on yet!
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What we want to do
is make a little cone,
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to hold some flowers, you
just kind of fold it over.
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Let's see, let's make
it go kind of like that,
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wrap one side over the other.
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Like that! And then
we put the sticker on it.
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Like this to
hold the paper shut.
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We'll put some of our
prettiest flowers in there.
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What are the
prettiest ones you got?
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Well you know I like these.
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We'll put some of
those down in the paper.
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I like white ones.
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Yeah, well let's put
a purple one in, we have
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to put a purple one in.
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Maybe not so long, teeth are
good for more than one thing,
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you know!
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Teeth are good
for lots of things.
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Anyway I think that
looks pretty good, except,
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well let's put
the pink in front.
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Cause pink is my favorite color.
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And maybe some
greenery, can I borrow this?
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Yeap!
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Little bit of green in
here would look really nice.
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The last thing you need to
do is punch a hole back here.
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One the back side.
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Like that!
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And that's a place to thread
a little piece of ribbon through
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so you can hang it up.
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Isn't that cute?
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Almost anybody would like
to find this on their door.
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Well you know what?
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While I am finishing up with
the girls here, it's a perfect
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time for you to
write down my address.
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I've had a blast today, so
if your ready, I'm ready too.
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Here's my address.
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Another busy and fun day is
gone, but this is still the best
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part of the day.
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The time I spend with only you.
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And talk heart to heart.
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I loved making the Snap
Dragons snap and the Hollyhocks
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and the floating ladies today.
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It reminded me about my grandma.
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She is the one who
first showed me Snap Dragons
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when I was really young.
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It happened like this.
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Grandma taught me to sing
a little song that she loved.
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She liked to sing about Jesus.
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She was such a
sweet Grandma and I felt
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so important in her eyes.
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Went she smiled at me
she just smiled all over.
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I tried really hard
to learn it just right,
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and when I could sing
it all the way through,
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without forgetting the words,
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she said she wanted me to
sing it to some old people
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in a nursing home.
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I was scared,
but she went with me.
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And that made it better.
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But I was still scared.
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When we got out of the car,
my stomach was all fluttery.
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Grandma must have known
that, because she showed me some
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flowers along the pathway.
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She picked one and she
told me it was a Snap Dragon.
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Then she showed me
how it's mouth worked and
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made it snap on my finger.
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I was enthralled, that
was the most fascinating thing
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I'd seen yet.
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It helped me to be less
nervous when I sang too.
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I'd like to sing the Snap
Dragon song to you because
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now I'm the Grandma, and
you are the beloved grandchild.
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I don't sing very well
out loud, but you won't mind
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if my voice is
cracked or squeaky will you?
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The real name for this song
is I Will Early Seek The Savior.
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I will early seek the Savior,
I will learn of Him each day.
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I will follow where He leads
me, I will walk the narrow way.
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For He loves
me, Yes He loves me,
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Jesus loves me this I know.
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Jesus loves me, died to save
me, that is why I love Him so.
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Now almost sixty years
later, I understand why Grandma
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wanted me to know,
and to remember that song.
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And I am going to
tell you a secret.
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The reason I love being your
Grandma, is so I can help you
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get to know Jesus better.
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So I can show you
how much He loves you.
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I hope you will sing the
Snap Dragon song every day.
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And before you know it
you will be loving Jesus
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with your whole heart.
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It's time for us
to say good-bye now.
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But you remember, you are
absolutely wonderful to me.
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and I love you.
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