Relax - Escape - Feel The Love

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This husband and I…

Took a stroll…to Henne Hardware…est in 1883…a time capsule of sorts…original in decor…nail bins…rolling ladders…a large safe for when it was used as a bank…and the toys…retro toys…that didn’t seem retro to this old gal at all…jump rope…slinky…BB gun…super ball…and then…there it was…the perfect travel toy…taking this old gal…back in time…

To beloved trips…to the Ozarks…every summer…five of us…packed in that hot and sweaty car…that mother of mine at the wheel…Gram…riding shot gun…reading the map and doling out lemon drops…three little towheads in the back…passing time…with the puzzles…you know…those little square things…with movable square pieces in the center…the video game of the 60s…eyes glued to the box…little fingers moving furiously…

Gosh they were fun…simple…uncomplicated…fun…like those visits…with those favorite people of mine…that aunt…the best mom ever…those BFF cousins…that uncle…just good people…

One week…of simple joys…one week…to relax…escape…feel the love…one week…was all little me needed…to know…that there…was something more…
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And this old gal…agrees…