The Village Voice • April 2018
Grandparent’s Page By Susie Bergerson
Bad Day; Good Day
When we lived in the same town as our grandchildren, I had the habit of taking them out for the day one at a time to make the quality time more personal. Everytime I took my then 4-yearold granddaughter, Juliana, out for the day, she would turn to me at the end of the time together and say, “Grandma, this was the best day ever!” My husband and I took Juliana and her brother Barry out together one day ending up at McDonald’s for lunch with Juliana sitting next to Grandpa Ted. As Ted turned in his seat, he accidentally knocked over his full large coke and soaked Juliana from the neck down. I left Ted to clean up the table and watch 5-year-old Barry as I took Juliana’s hand and hurried her off to the bathroom for damage control. On the way, she looked up at me and said, “Grandma, this is the worst day ever!” In the enTRUSTED FOR OVER 42 YEARS
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vironmentally correct bathroom, there were no paper towels, so I grabbed a bundle of toilet seat covers and started to dry Juliana. Fortunately, she was wearing one of her moisture shedding princess dresses, so the dress was easily dried and a few wet seat covers cleaned her sticky arms and legs. She then dried off under the hand dryer by dancing and spinning (natural for her) while I pushed the dryer button. On the way back to the table, her mood was back to happy princess level and said, “Grandma, maybe this can still be the best day ever!” Juliana is 6 years old now and sometimes wears a T-shirt I got her. It says, “It’s the best day ever!”
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