December 31, 2013
Chronicle Excerpt
I wondered if we’d ever persuade our 2-year-old granddaughter to quit pushing a packed grocery cart around a vegetable stand, put down orange and yellow musical tubes, and stop flying colorful scarves through the air so we could leave the Discover! Children’s Museum.
But we had to go, along with everyone else, as the long-delayed successful pilot project finally closed its doors late Sunday afternoon.
My stepdaughter, who is definitely in the sandwich generation dealing with aging parents and young children, spent much of the holidays at a Portland hospital where her mother-in-law remains on life support.
To help, we agreed to take their youngest, Brooke, a bouncy, towering 2-year-old who kept this grandma running, despite my frequent attempts to persuade her that “we” needed a nap.