Lina is My Darling

The other day I was walking with my daughter, Jennifer, and her three children, Mia, Lina and Agostino.

My little Lina piped up with "Nana, it's going to rain because the leaves are turning inside out!'

I was absolutely thrilled. My daughter had passed on to her kids something I had passed on to her, and my Mom had passed on to me. These simple threads are the ties that bind.

My mother, Irene, told me things when I was a child that I believed. Then when i was a teenager, I scoffed at them. But when I had kids myslef, I was sure to tell them all these important things about our world. Things you might not learn in school. If you are observant, you will see that they are true.

Another one is 'When the cows lay down, it will rain". Check it out. It is true, too. I guess we talked a lot about the weather in my family.

Or how about when you are choking "Lift your arms striaght over your head". It really does work. I think it lifts your diaphragm or something. All I know is I did it, my kids did it, and now Mia, Lina and Gus do it, too. Obviously, I am a person who delights in simple pleasures.

I can't wait for my son to have kids to see if things stuck with him, too.

If you have any family pearls of wisdom, we woud love to hear them.