Shopping With My Eleven-Year-Old Granddaughter

At eleven, you know most everything

There is very little you don't know about things

having to do with other little girls for sure.

You even know the best cure

for grandmas when tired.

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"Let's sit Grandma, you are retired

right? No rush!" So, then we were

in the store too long, yes sir

we were then late for the meeting

where she would be wrapping

all the gifts. I said please be quiet

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She said she would be ultraquiet.

Whoever would have thought that

wrapping could be so loud? I flat

out told her to wait until we got home

leaving her to go outside to roam

around the place until the meeting

finished. Then she was on her phone

her sissy box grandpa says, and alone

to get into mischief by herself

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I enjoy this age myself

Teen is not my favorite as preteens

in my mind are way better than teens

When they get to be teenagers

they disappear for a few years

bringing Grandma to tears.

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We have been through this time

before. Yes, a time or two mine

have gotten there. Good thing

they come back when everything

changes and they remember their

old grandparents still waiting there

for them to return. So sad sounding

We have gotten good at rebounding.

Good thing we have thirty grands

all different ages and 13 greatgrands.

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She picked out a dress and sweater

and the same dress for her sister

only added a button-down shirt

to go along with it. It can't hurt

to buy them both a dress.

It will be cute. She wants her sis

to look like her. I said you already do

look alike. She said, "Is that true?"

Yes, she does look just like you.

She had a smile as we left the store too.

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Fun times with a eleven-year-old granddaughter

I remember similar times with my daughter

I always say that your kids are good but grands

are so much better. Then there are greatgrands

so cute, and loveable. Babysitting with the grand

was fun and a lot of work. She got the idea quickly

though that her payment would be a summer dress.

I thought that sounded fair and she would slickly

get a toy out of me as well. One for her and her sis.

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When talking graduates, she said, They would rather

have money, grandma. Do you have cards?" Other

than that I had no say. It would be money and a card.

Sometimes what they say makes sense. That can be hard

for Grandma's sometimes. But she is right. Now to move

on and have a good day. Get in the groove

set for me by my eleven-year-old granddaughter.

She wanted to show mom, who was working from home, my daughter!

So, home she went, until next time.

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Author's Note: enough of this rhyme. For the Out of Order challenge. I need to get back to my fundraising plunge!