This was heart-warming and perfect! The boy, perhaps 8 or 9, accompanied the older gent among the exhibits at the Rail Museum; he was very interested, calm and well-behaved as the man guided him around the museum, pointing out details, explaining, etc; inter-generational communication and memory-making at work.
"An Old Lady's Game"? What's that? In Retirement, going after the interests I never "had time for": travel, gardens, reading, sewing, "family history play", taking photos, etc.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Bringing Back "Leave it to Beaver"...
This was heart-warming and perfect! The boy, perhaps 8 or 9, accompanied the older gent among the exhibits at the Rail Museum; he was very interested, calm and well-behaved as the man guided him around the museum, pointing out details, explaining, etc; inter-generational communication and memory-making at work.
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To Remember Dad's 103rd Birth Anniversary, Something Different
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