Bathroom Humor

    I passed a few days watching my granddaughter Renley last week, who will turn seven in August. The thing I remember most fondly was hearing her laughing while I made silly voices with her stuffed animals as we read books at night. She even was able to read my favorite book from childhood called  "Theodore Turtle" which, although tattered and torn, has been passed down to her. I can still recall my own mother reading it to me and being amused by how absentminded the turtle was. That is the privilege of reliving ones childhood as a grandparent, when generally one has less stress and more patience than the first time around-not working full time and doing all the other things parents have to do. 
    While in the east I saw this changing table in the bath house at French Creek State Park and had to laugh...Anyone who has ever had children understands the exasperation one sometimes feels at 3:30 in the morning when the baby won't stop crying...Patience is one of the primary qualities one learns from children...