That snowflakes are Winter’s butterflies?<\/p>\n

That every time a baby is born, so is a grandmother?<\/p>\n

That this house may be a mess but it is blessed?<\/p>\n

That you are welcome anytime as long as you’re nice?<\/p>\n

That puppies lick tears faster than they can dry on a cheek?<\/p>\n

That a sunbeam is the sky’s way of saying “Hello!”?<\/p>\n

That the kitchen is where the family grows?<\/p>\n

That a kitten is a heart’s love battery?<\/p>\n

That my husband is always right… “right over there”?<\/p>\n

That a pick nick still feels like home, but with less dishes?<\/p>\n

That baking and a baby use the same ingredients: Love?<\/p>\n

That I’m superfucking proud to be a wrinkled tart of a grandmother?<\/p>\n

Okay that last one was wrong. I’m at work, recounting the shops we visited in Vermont and I suddenly realized a full week after, that I could write the stuff you see on faux-antique signs in Marshalls (HomeSense, to us Canadian folk).<\/p>\n

So when you go into someone’s house and you see a sign that announces “This home is built with mortar, bricks and family” you read it here first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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