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a lesson learned- a christmas story
“And this beautiful cherub must be Evan.”
He knelt down on one knee coming eye to eye with Evan. She looked up at me for assurance.
I whispered, “It’s okay.”
“Are you my new grandpa?” she asked.
“Uh,” he looked up at me, I nodded my head, “yeah. Yes, I’m you’re new grandpa.”
“Can I call you Grandpa?” Evan asked another question.
“I only save my best hugs for my best girl,” he smiled opening his arms.
Without hesitation, Evan flew into them wrapping her arms around his neck.
“Uh, Evan, cherub, I can’t breathe,” he choked.
I couldn’t help but laugh.
*****
“Well, here we are,” Daddy announced turning the car off.
I stared out the window at my childhood home.
“Daddy, new paint job?”
“Yeah, after your mother begged me for all summer to put a new color on the old house, I got Ringo to help me slap on a new coat.”
“Ringo Patterson?”
“Yeah, he’s still around. And with a promise of beer and couple of sandwiches, he was happy to help.”
I continued to stare at the new sky blue paint wishing that the house remained it’s puky peppermint green from my childhood.
“Staring at it will not bring the front door any closer,” my father broke the silence.
“Yeah right,” I laughed.
I looked at Bette in the backseat next to Evan. Without words, she knew what was going through my head.
“Uh, Evan, why don’t you help Eaton with the bags to the front door,” Bette suggested.
“His name is Grandpa,” Evan smiled.
“Help Grandpa with the bags,” Bette corrected herself.
I waited while they cleared the trunk before moving into the back seat next to Bette.
“Nervous?” she asked.
“More like scared shitless,” I laughed.
She smiled.
“Don’t be. If they love you… then they’ll love me, right?”
“My father already likes you, Bette. I can tell. It’s my mother that I’m worried about.”
“Well if she’s anything like her intelligent, breathtakingly gorgeous daughter, then she’ll love me,” she stated taking my hand.
I lowered my head and stared at our joined hands. I loved her hands so much. They made me feel so secure.
“I’ll protect you, you know that. With my all being.”
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(45 votes, average: 3.76 out of 5)
This really made me smile. Thank you for the heart warming Christmas story. And a happy Christmas to you too.
i love this story… i love evan as a child.. and bette and tine just starting out… it was a beautiful pre christmas gift from you… HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Way to put me in the Christmas spirit. That was sooo cute. Especially little Evan running away i the mall to see Santa Clause–how adorable!
Yay!!! This was so nice. Thanks for sharing this warm and fuzzy vision.
yes that was a sweet story thanks
I love Christmas,thanks for a beautiful story.Happy Holiday to you
absolutely beautiful….!my heart melted.. aww…
that was beautiful. I like the idea for a sequel.
Excellent story.. I wish on the show they would give us a little backround on Tina family.. It would be nice to see a story like this played out. Thank you. Happy Holidays.. Write more your very good at it.
YEA!!!! LOVED IT. Thanks you and Happy Holidays to you and all your readers too.
so beatiful..im glad mama Kennard came to her sense ..cant wait for more thanks
Very well done and beautiful. Thank you for the holiday cheer.
Yeah, Merry Xmas to everyone!! But I kind of like Bette’s type of mom. No fairy tales. It’s really cool, isn’t it? ;)
This is a perfect prelude to Christmas. Thanks!!
ah, b/t xmas, we need more of these. maybe a sequel for the new year?
Enjoyed this chapter so much. So beautiful. Thanks for writing and sharing it with us. Merry Christmas!
That was beautiful, tks for sharing