The Labor Day weekend provides a great holiday for families who still need a few more days vacation. September is when we start counting the days of summer we still have left. September is also the month for Grandparents Day. This past summer, the grandchildren came to vacation at the little home on the prairie. One day I heard the older grandchildren laughing upstairs. They had found grandma's humor box. The youngest grandchild, very active two-year-old, Trevor, keeps everyone challenged. Grandma would rub his back at naptime. When he returned home from vacation, he ordered his dad, "Rub my back!" It is a real joy to receive many warm thoughts from the readers of this column. Recently, someone sent a poem which I will share with you.

"Hugs for Everyone." It's wondrous what a hug can do. A hug can cheer when you're blue. A hug can say, "I love you so," or "Gee, I hate to see you go." A hug is, "Welcome back again!" And "Great to see you, where have you been?" A hug can soothe a small child's pain and bring a rainbow after rain. The hug! There's just no doubt about it, we scarcely could survive without it. A hug delights and warms and charms and must be why God gave us arms. Hugs are great for fathers and for mothers. Sweet for sisters, swell for brothers. And chances are, some favorite aunts love them more than potted plants. Kittens crave them. Puppies love them. Heads of State are not above them. A hug can break the language barriers and make your travels so much merrier. No need to fret about the store of them. The more you give, the more there are of them. So stretch those arms without delay and give someone a hug today. Author Unknown.

Warm Thoughts: "Children who have the luxury or relationships with grandparents win out in all studies of child development." Dr. T. Berry Brazelton. Have many warm thoughts every day!

Warm Thoughts from the Little Home on the Prairie Over a Cup of Tea by Luetta G Werner

Published in the Marion Record, September 5th, 1996.

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