Nothing Scary About The Hodgepodge

Welcome to this week's edition of The Wednesday Hodgepodge. If you've answered today's questions add your link at the end of my post, then leave a comment for the blogger before you. Thanks for playing along today. Here we go- 

1. When the Hodgepodge lands on September 11th I want to acknowledge that. Will you purposely pause to remember, pray, or attend any sort of ceremony on 9/11? Share any thoughts or memories you'd like to share about this day. 

I do like to pause, to remember and pray too. How can we not remember? That bright blue sky and the absolute shock and disbelief seem to hit fresh every single year. We normally don't have the tv on here in the morning but I will turn it on to watch some of the coverage of the day's events, and also to hear the names read. 

I'll pray today for the families whose lives were changed in an instant, and for our country which feels as if it has been in constant turmoil ever since. 

Here's something I wrote on my blog back on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 (2021)-

"Twenty years ago I was the Director of a church preschool and kindergarten located just outside of D.C. Many families in our school worked in the Pentagon or were Secret Service Agents so it felt very personal to us.  At the time we didn't even have a radio in our office so when we noticed our copier repairman just sitting in his car outside our building we were annoyed. Why wasn't he coming inside? We he finally came in he broke the news to us and life shifted. 

There is America before 9/11 and America after 9/11 and they are not the same." 

2. Growing up, did you spend a lot of time with your grandparents? What's something you learned from a grandparent? 

Not a lot as we didn't live geographically close to either set. They usually came to us on the east coast maybe once or twice a year and some years we went west, but not every year. We did write letters though, which I know is kind of a lost art in the age of email, but I looked forward to them. 

When I was a year old we lived with my mom's parents for a year while my dad was overseas with the Marine Corps. And then that grandmother lived the last years of her life with my mom so I spent a lot of time with her as an adult. 

What's something I learned from a grandparent? From my maternal grandma mentioned above I would say a love of God's word and the power of a praying woman. 

3. What's your go-to breakfast? 

In general yogurt, berries, and a sprinkling of granola. We do eggs at least once a week, and oatmeal too although not so much in the summer months. 

4. Tell us the story behind one of your favorite photos. 

I have a lot of favorites but the question asks for just one and it's this-

Not a holiday or a birthday or even a summer vacation. 

Just me and my first born caught in ordinary life on a sunny summer day more than twenty years ago. Hubs snapped this picture of us chatting on the swing at a friend's river house and it still gives me all the feels. The light is perfection. When I look at this picture I remember for a minute how it felt to mother my girls in those middle years. 

5. This week Friday lands on the 13th. Are you superstitious in any way? Do you like scary movies, and if so what's your favorite? 

I'm not superstitious at all. 

If scary means horror flicks then no, I don't like scary movies. I do like suspenseful movies and mysteries, but please no Freddy Kruegers or slasher films of any kind for me. 

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

Hubs and I spent the weekend at our Daughter2's house and I always like to bring a little something for the grands when I visit because that's just what grandparents do. This time I brought my grandson a sensory kit from the company Young Wild and Friedman. 

If you have young children or  grandchildren, work with preschoolers in some way, or need a great gift for a niece or nephew, I highly recommend. 

These kits are so well made, and the packaging is top notch too. They're about so much more than just the dough, which is all natural and high quality. Every little detail in these sensory kits has been thoughtfully considered and is designed to encourage independent, imaginative play. 

YWF make quite a few kits and I chose the construction themed set because our little guy is in to all things construction. 

It was so much fun watching him set up various 'road works', carefully filling the dump truck with the 'boulders', and lining up the cones. The dough was almost an afterthought but he enjoyed that too. 

This is not a paid plug for the company, I'm just letting you know they have a terrific product. If you're not familiar with them check out their website here-Young Wild and Friedman. I will definitely order another for Christmas. 

Happy Wednesday everyone! 

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