Our youngest grandchild has yet to start his second year of pre-school.  So Andrew and Nana Jana have a few more Mondays at Cracker Barrel. The 5 year old emphatically tells the waitress he’ll have two pancakes (not 1) and chocolate milk.

Andrew is my step-grandchild.  Being with him reminds me of my Step-Grandpa Walt.  I only have 2 memories of my biological Grandfather, Steve. The first was bringing him cookies from my Easy Bake Oven when he was sick and in a hospital bed. The second was the night he died in 1965.

My Step-Grandfather Walt was the most important man in my life, growing up.  He walked me to school, picked me up and called me “Skeets.” He took me to Eden Park and always let me order 2 sundaes at Woolworths. That’s double the love, whether it’s pancakes or chocolate sundaes, I hope when Andrew is my age, he’ll remember Cracker Barrel the way I remember Woolworths.