| General Non-Fiction posted November 29, 2024 |
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My great granddaughter plays basketballll
Salute to Camryn!
by Begin Again
Have you ever tried finishing a book in thirty days? It can be challenging. It gets trickier when you are vacationing with three young girls — my great-granddaughters.
I've been asked daily if I've finished the story yet and why it takes so long to write. This is a good question from a nine-year-old who prefers her Nana to be cooking or decorating the house for Christmas. I tried to use the reasoning that we had to have Thanksgiving first, and I'm old, so it takes longer to think of the story. It didn't fly.
They were excited to see a book I had written (Unfinished Brushstrokes) and wondered how long it would take to publish another one. I certainly hope not as long as it took to publish the first one. I was flattered when Tycari asked if my book could be her Christmas present. Now, how can a grandmother say no to that?
We've been busy cooking, doing puzzles, watching the girls enjoy their chosen sports, and enjoying our time together. Camryn reminded me that I'd not written about her basketball games, but to be fair, they were practices. The first game is this upcoming Wednesday, which she felt was too far away.
Camryn is a fire-cracker. She might have inherited some of that "begin again" incentive — get up and start again. Soccer wasn't for her, so she decided to pursue basketball. She loves to dribble and shoot, often forgetting she has teammates. When the coaches make her a guard, she has no fear of getting up in their faces, regardless of how much they tower over her. She waves her hands and jumps around like an energized bunny. When she got a foul, she instantly told the coach he didn't play fair because he was bigger than her. He laughed and sent the ball sailing through the hoop. She rebounded and did the same, turning toward the bleachers to accept her kudos, which her Nana enthusiastically gave.
It's been a hectic time, and now that Miracles is a wrap — well, it will be when I post the final chapter tomorrow — I can enjoy them even more. The joys of being a Nana! The best of times!
Have you ever tried finishing a book in thirty days? It can be challenging. It gets trickier when you are vacationing with three young girls — my great-granddaughters.
I've been asked daily if I've finished the story yet and why it takes so long to write. This is a good question from a nine-year-old who prefers her Nana to be cooking or decorating the house for Christmas. I tried to use the reasoning that we had to have Thanksgiving first, and I'm old, so it takes longer to think of the story. It didn't fly.
They were excited to see a book I had written (Unfinished Brushstrokes) and wondered how long it would take to publish another one. I certainly hope not as long as it took to publish the first one. I was flattered when Tycari asked if my book could be her Christmas present. Now, how can a grandmother say no to that?
We've been busy cooking, doing puzzles, watching the girls enjoy their chosen sports, and enjoying our time together. Camryn reminded me that I'd not written about her basketball games, but to be fair, they were practices. The first game is this upcoming Wednesday, which she felt was too far away.
Camryn is a fire-cracker. She might have inherited some of that "begin again" incentive — get up and start again. Soccer wasn't for her, so she decided to pursue basketball. She loves to dribble and shoot, often forgetting she has teammates. When the coaches make her a guard, she has no fear of getting up in their faces, regardless of how much they tower over her. She waves her hands and jumps around like an energized bunny. When she got a foul, she instantly told the coach he didn't play fair because he was bigger than her. He laughed and sent the ball sailing through the hoop. She rebounded and did the same, turning toward the bleachers to accept her kudos, which her Nana enthusiastically gave.
It's been a hectic time, and now that Miracles is a wrap — well, it will be when I post the final chapter tomorrow — I can enjoy them even more. The joys of being a Nana! The best of times!
I've been asked daily if I've finished the story yet and why it takes so long to write. This is a good question from a nine-year-old who prefers her Nana to be cooking or decorating the house for Christmas. I tried to use the reasoning that we had to have Thanksgiving first, and I'm old, so it takes longer to think of the story. It didn't fly.
They were excited to see a book I had written (Unfinished Brushstrokes) and wondered how long it would take to publish another one. I certainly hope not as long as it took to publish the first one. I was flattered when Tycari asked if my book could be her Christmas present. Now, how can a grandmother say no to that?
We've been busy cooking, doing puzzles, watching the girls enjoy their chosen sports, and enjoying our time together. Camryn reminded me that I'd not written about her basketball games, but to be fair, they were practices. The first game is this upcoming Wednesday, which she felt was too far away.
Camryn is a fire-cracker. She might have inherited some of that "begin again" incentive — get up and start again. Soccer wasn't for her, so she decided to pursue basketball. She loves to dribble and shoot, often forgetting she has teammates. When the coaches make her a guard, she has no fear of getting up in their faces, regardless of how much they tower over her. She waves her hands and jumps around like an energized bunny. When she got a foul, she instantly told the coach he didn't play fair because he was bigger than her. He laughed and sent the ball sailing through the hoop. She rebounded and did the same, turning toward the bleachers to accept her kudos, which her Nana enthusiastically gave.
It's been a hectic time, and now that Miracles is a wrap — well, it will be when I post the final chapter tomorrow — I can enjoy them even more. The joys of being a Nana! The best of times!
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