Grandma Rose

Dear Grandma Rose

“Flight is mankind’s greatest invention, or so my grandma told me when I was little", Jim said as he looked out of the plane's window. "I don't know about that. To me, airplanes are just big lumps of steel."

I thought about that for a second. "But I thought steel is heavy. How can a plane fly if it is made of steel?"

Jim turned his head towards me. "Magic", he said, "and lots of raspberries".

Lots of Love, Scarlet ⚵

Dear Grandma Rose

I didn't like our new place at first.

"This place is no fun at all", I would say. "It’s just a lot of cars driving around in the rain."

Gray, red, black, black, red, dark blue, light gray. I spent four days counting the different colored cars drive by.

But on the dawn of the fifth day I looked east, and saw the sun rise. I knew then that it would be a great day.

And I was right. Jim and I walked to the nearest park, and it was awesome. It was simply the Best. Day. Ever.

Lots of Love, Scarlet ⚵

Dear Grandma Rose

I spent a lot of time in that park; mostly playing hide-and-seek, pirate or treasure hunter.

Sometimes when I was playing treasure hunter, I would find strange things. This one time, I found a real strange flower. It was red, and growing through a grate on the ground. Where the centre of the flower is supposed to be, the strange flower had a bottle cap.

Jim agreed that it was a real strange flower. “It’s probably rare, too”, he said.

"I don’t know about that", I told him, "but I bet that a pirate brought it with him from one of his adventures, and left it here for me to find".

Lots of Love, Scarlet ⚵

Dear Grandma Rose

"Hurry up and pack your bag", Jim said. "We must be ready before 6 o'clock".

"But why do we have to leave?” I asked him. "I want to play in the park."

"It's Grandma's birthday soon, and she would like us to be there with her." Jim had a grin on his face. "Do you want to give her a present of your own?"

I thought about it for a moment. "I will give her my red flower. I think she would like that".

Lots of Love, Scarlet ⚵