Marlee Wonders If Her Picture Will Be In Grandma Lu's Stories

 Marlee was looking at the pictures on her I Pad that Grandma Lu had put in the stories she had written. She would smile, frown, and sometimes laugh as she scrolled through the many adventures. Grandma Lu was nice, but she didn't get to see her very often any more. She was a big girl now and was in school. Grandma Lu, Joann, and Grandma B used to go out for lunch and have a good time, but like B told her; 'Things change as we get older.' Today she didn't have school. There was some kind of teacher meeting she thought.

Grandma Lu still wrote stories, but she wasn't in them all the time, just sometimes. Lately she was in pictures wearing her prairie dress. She loved that dress and so did Whitlee. Hers was pink and Whitlee's was yellow. She had worn that dress several times in the last couple of years. B told her that the latest story was in Texas. Supposedly she and her family had gone to Texas on vacation and her mom had accidently bought a horse ranch. "That would be fun. I like horses. Mom used to have a horse. I've seen pictures of me on it when I was a baby."

She heard Grandma B talking on the phone. Soon her grandma came in and said, "How would you like to go over to Grandma Lu's house? She asked if we could help her clean out some cupboards that she can't reach. It's hard for her to stoop over nowadays." Marlee grinned and said, "Sure!"

When they got to Grandma Lu's house she got a great big hug. It had been a long long time since they had seen each other. She and B got busy and grabbed up some cleaning rags and went to work on those bottom cupboards. It seemed like fun working along side her grandma, but out of the corner of her eye she saw Grandma Lu out on her porch cleaning. "Is it alright if I go see what Grandma Lu is doing? Maybe she needs my help out on the porch too." Grandma B grinned and said, "Sure. Go see if you can help. I'll be done here in a minute then I'll come out there too."

Well, it was about fifteen minutes and B was finished. She decided she'd better see what Marlee was up to. This is what she saw when she followed the sounds of giggles and laughter. Marlee and Grandma Lu were playing shuffleboard!

"Hmm, did you really need help cleaning cupboards, old friend, or did you just want a little company today? she grinned. That looks like fun, Marlee!"

After a little more shuffleboard they all had pizza and had a grand time. On the way home Marlee said, "That was so much fun! I wonder if Grandma Lu will put my picture in the stories playing shuffleboard." Grandma B said, "I wouldn't be a bit surprised, Marlee. Not a bit."

The house seemed awfully quiet after B and Marlee left. She mentioned it to her husband and said, "Yeah, they really livened the place up, didn't they? What's for supper?"

What do you mean? You just ate pizza! I'm going to go write for awhile. We'll figure out something for supper, but not quite yet. You go watch your tv. I'll be around in a bit."

"After their visit it's kind of hard to remember where I was at in the story. Oh yes, Madison had a blowout on her front tire and the weather was terrible. She was on her way to The Double D Ranch to see if it was still up for sale. It was in the '60s. Someone had stopped to help her. Someone she hadn't seen for many years and had hoped to never see again. Okay, I'd better see what I can do for those two. They both want the same thing; the ranch. Is it possible for them both to live their dream? You need to work at it sometimes, that's for sure. I definitely think that these two need a lot of work. Mercy, they are stubborn; the two of them! Let's see what I can do."