Out of State Possibilities

I recently got my old Baby Buggy out from the attic and started cleaning it up so I can take it to Norfolk, VA to walk my new grandson, Owen.  Those years were just precious for me and some very fond memories all came back to me as I walked the streets of Norfolk in the early morning so Owen's mom and dad could get some sleep.  I put miles on those wheels about 30 years ago walking my four children; I never thought in a million years I would be using for my grandchildren.  My son was tickled I got it cleaned up and looking good again. So were my daughters, although neither of them have children yet, they were very concerned who was going to GET the Buggy??  I told them the Buggy will stay with Grammy. 

I was walking to McDonald's one day with my laptop as they have free WiFi so I could get connected while Owen was sleeping and a Scotch lady was weeding her flowerbed and stopped to look at the baby and the buggy. She right away went inside her front door and brought out her Beautiful English Pram that was her's when her children where young. She was the age my mom would have been, around 83 or 84. What a beautiful buggy she had and leather on the inside with beautiful fringe on the hood.  She told me stories about that buggy and how many children had been buggy walked in it. Her daughter used it for her 3 children and now there are great grandchildren coming along to take a ride in it. I feel that my buggy stories and her buggy stories are all part of a cycle that we both plan on passing on to our children. 

Buggy walking as a tradition and cycle/norm of life is pretty much what I wanted my children to understand when I went back to Granite State College.  I want them to understand and carry on the tradition of getting an adult college degree at some point in their lives.  I took most of my classes as online learning classes while I did have a few classes at Manchester NH University. I hope my young adults follow suit and get their degree someday and also that they walk their babies in the Buggy!! Life is so good, Grandchildren are truly God's reward to parents.

Left is the buggy the Scotch lady brought to show me...it was just beautiful. She bought it in England where she used to live.  Mine is above, yes that is me with my coffee. My mother bought mine in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Both had some similarities and both had wonderful shocks, those babies didn't feel a bump along the stroll.