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Enjoying the sweet treat of life: family

LOWE LINES

By JIMMY LOWE
For the Daily Times

GLASGOW Some of our kids and grandkids came over for lunch last Sunday afternoon. It was not a place to be if you wanted to be alone. Yet, the two-year-old granddaughter managed to find a place of solitude amid the gathering.

In the dining room, along with her grandparents, there were her parents, her brother, her uncle and aunt and a couple of cousins. These are people she loves up one side and down the other.

The occasionally independent child spoke partly in jibberish and partly in some language that only she understood. Her sentences contained representative syllables from the English language and her inflection was punctuated with plenty of pointing. We understood exactly what she was telling us. She preferred to eat in another room. Alone.

We respected her inclination and served her in the kitchen.

I paused halfway through my grilled chicken and pleasant table talk to peek at her there. She had her back to me as she sat in her stroller, which was parked directly in front of double windows. She seemed quite content as she slowly ate from a plate that was placed in a chair beside her. She was studying the backyard view where tree limbs directed the music of the wind.

I wondered what she was wondering about. What occupies the mind of a two-year-old during such moments?

She has the security of a loving and supporting family. She’s too young to have any serious problems or fears. She’s unaware of  politics and elections. She isn’t concerned with gas prices or inflation or global conflicts. She hasn’t tried to figure out what the lyrics mean in a Bob Dylan song. She doesn’t even dwell on whether she will be left-handed or right-handed.

Maybe she was considering some cabinet or drawer or closet in our house that she hadn’t yet explored. Maybe she was trying to decide if she should take a nap or just skip it on that Sunday afternoon. Or maybe she was wondering what she would like to do next and how she would get to do it.

When chocolate cake was finally served in the dining room, the granddaughter wobbled out from her stroller and climbed up into her high chair to join us around our  table.

Sometimes we all need to simply get away and be with our own thoughts – even when this means  turning our backs toward others. Still, it’s always good to return toward the family. That’s where the real dessert can be found.

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