Right now, at this minute, this is the sweetest spot in my house for me. It's the corner of Bobby's old room so part of the sweetness of it is that there's still some of Bobby here. The framed picture at the top is a montage of the day Bobby did his solo flight in college and the picture just under that, to the right, is of his flight class from Southeastern Oklahoma State University. You probably can't see it well but way over to the right, on top of the bookshelf is Bobby's well worn and raggedy U of Oklahoma cap that my mom and dad gave to him when he was in middle school. I love that cap and it represents to me who Bobby is and his zest for life. The lamp on the top left of the bookshelf is a lamp I made for Bobby probably when he was in college. I bought an empty lampstand and filled it with childhood toys and favorites of his. There's probably a collectable or two in there by now. LOL!!
The little table and chairs are unique and fun because they belonged to Kaylee's first grade teacher, Miss Wallace, when she was a little girl. I bought them from her parent's estate sale. And, of course, the set came in handy when the grands came along. This table is where we read, craft, color, and paint. Adeline found another use for it the other day. She was in the garage and discovered our old landline rotary phone and loves playing with it. She brought it in here and set up the little table as her "office".
The books in the bookshelves are, of course, self explanatory but lots of them have a personal story for me. Some are the special ones I read to Bobby and/or Kaylee as they were growing up and some are new, that I've bought with Adeline, Lee, or Holden in mind.
While I set up this area for my grands, it has just sort of evolved on it's own. And I love it! The time with my kids was so short and the time with my grands is moving along at breakneck speed. But, with this picture, I've made time stand still and I'll always have it to remember the precious Mom and Grammy seasons.
