Forbidden Smile
There are seven wonders of the world. But for a child there are millions. We were in a mall and my granddaughter couldn’t get over how many people there were. She had to say hi to everyone. And bye too. People were laughing. She pointed up at a mannequin and said, “Bumpa.” Which is me. That’s my name. I saw no resemblance at all. Except that the mannequin was completely bald.
Another of my granddaughters loves to say car and plane. “Car, plane, car plane!” I think she wants to get away from us. If she says “passport,” lock the doors, we’re in trouble.
When our granddaughter Claira was eight mo...
