Granddaughters' Sayings

  

 

Recently I found a little book where I had listed some of the fun things Christine and Lauren shared with us when they were young.  This is a good place to store them.

Thanksgiving 1989
Christine: "Thankful for her friends and family."

Lauren: "Glad she got to spend the night with Pawpaw and GDad and bake cookies."

Miscellaneous Times
Christine: "PawPaw, aren't you glad you don't have any wild boys - just two girls."
Lauren: 'But you have a wild boy - Granddad!"

Lauren: "PawPaw, why don't you go to work for Granddad and let him stay with us."  (I think he let them do anything they wanted!)

Lauren: "I want some Cinnamon-Up." (For 7-Up).

After attending Christine's Open House at Kingsgate Pre-School, Lauren said: "Well, that surely was a mess!"

Lauren called cupcakes - pupcakes.  
She called the Bible and The New Testament the "Jesus Book".

Some other sayings from Lauren;
About tornado: "The tomato almost got us."
"When I get big, will I have spots on my face, like PawPaw?"
"PawPaw, do you want me to kiss you on your stripe (wrinkle)?"
"Granddad, you don't have any boys because you're a little bit bald-headed."
When PawPaw asked Lauren if she was going to be a college professor when she grew up, she said: "I am going to be a church kid."
Lauren likes PawPaw's smashed potatoes and bacon beans.

April 1990.  Lauren said she missed going to church at MW City 1st.  She missed Pastor Stewart, she liked to hear him pray.

Christine told God she didn't like to drive so far but she missed Sister Patty and Pastor Stewart.

August 1990.   Connie, Cathy, Lauren and Christine went to see Ron and Nedra at Turner Falls.  Christine woke up as we drove into the camp area and said: "Smell that delicious food."

April 1991.  Lauren asked her mother if she and Christine would have to take care of her when she was old.  Cathy said, "Yes."  Lauren asked if Daddy would be old too.  Cathy said, "Yes."  Lauren said the only "old boy" she knew was Granddad.

Sayings from Christine:
"And PawPaw is laughing at everything I say."

December 1992.  Lauren in church.  Granddad had said, "What you need to do spiritually, do right now."  Lauren looked at her mother and said, "I need to home right now."

Christine: "You and Granddad are the best grandmother and grandfather in the whole wide world."  Later that evening, "Everyone should have a grandmother."

And now that Christine and Lauren have finished college and are married, I wish I had listened closer and had written down more of the statements they shared with us.   Great memories!

The Young Rancher Who Was Our Angel

The Young Rancher Who Was Our Angel

Larry was pastor of Cushing Church of the Nazarene in 1968.  Cathy was a teenager and the three of us drove to Okmulgee on weekday night to a revival at the church there.  As was the custom, we visited after the service and started back to Cushing around 11:00 pm.  The route from Okmulgee to Cushing was up Hwy 75 toward Tulsa, then cross the back roads west to Cushing.  We had driven about 10 miles (in the middle of nowhere) when the lights went out on our old VW.  Without light, etc., Larry wasn't able to determine the cause. 

 All three of us prayed that God would meet our need.  In a few minutes we saw a car approaching and prayed they would stop if it would be someone to help.   The car went on and we were saddened.  However, just a little farther, the driver turned around and came back to ask if we needed help. 

This was in the days before cell phones.  We told him if he would take us to the next little town of Beggs where  there was a pay phone booth we would call someone from Cushing to come get us.  We got to that little town and by this time it was after midnight.  The rancher said: "I can't leave you here with no one around.  I live alone and don't have anything else to do anyway.   He drove us the 56 miles to Cushing and wouldn't let us pay for gasoline or anything. 

We told the rancher that Larry had been thinking of walking to the house where we saw a light in the distance.  He said it was good that he didn't ... the people who lived there were not very cordial to people who stopped by at night.  We thanked God for protecting Larry from that ... and of course we certainly thanked Him for providing  us a ride to Cushing.   The next day a friend took  Larry back to get the VW.  The lesson we learned was that God took care of us.  We give Him the thanks!