a face in the crowd
"What would you like to do?" Grammy G asked. After all, she didn't think she could take another episode of GUMBALL that Kelsy kept referring to as GUMBO. Grammy G had already heard about her daddy's famous Gumbo recipe. "When's the last time we've painted?"
"PAINT!" Kelsey went running to the kitchen. Mommie was at work and Dad was out on a job interview and her brother was at school. This was probably their Mother's Day moment together since it would just be Brunch on Sunday.
Naturally, Kelsey knew where all the brushes and paints were. But they were up high so Grammy G had to sift through the dining area to get everything they needed for watercolors or drawings for that matter. She'd also have to tidy up the dining table since they were no longer in the territory they were meant to be in, but it wasn't long until there was a space for their art projects.
Of course, Grammy G asked if she wanted to wear an old shirt or change out of her new outfit.
"Oh, no, I never need to." Kelsey shook her head, no. "I'm very good at art. I'm not messy like my brother, Jesse."
First Kelsey painted in her Frozen coloring book while Grammy worked on her flowers. She was remembering a YouTube video she'd watched. Kelsey talked about the colors she liked and how Elsa loved blue and so did she. Finally, Kelsey noticed Grammy's flowers.
"Those are pretty," she said. After all, Kelsey loved pink. "But you need a sky and grass." Kelsey could help with that. Before Grammy knew it Kelsey had painted over the pink flowers. It was a paper of blue and green. Grammy did try to show her a few watercolor techniques but Kelsey told her she didn't need to do that.
So from the coloring book to watercolor pages went the painting projects. Each time the paints needed to be moved where Kelsey wanted to work. She talked about how much better at reading she was than her brother who just hadn't managed the concept in Kindergarten.
"Oh, I didn't know you were reading," Grammy said.
"Well, only my work. I write a lot of stories about ponies, you know," Kelsey smiled up at Grammy. "I'll read to you some other day." They were after all busy painting.
Grammy remembered her brother's birthday celebration. He was now six and in soccer. Kelsey didn't say anything. She was busy with her many colors on her clean page. Finally, she put her hand over her heart and looked back at her grandmother.
"You want to know something, Grammy," she said.
"What?" Grammy looked at her.
"Well, in my heart," she started but hesitated with a sigh.
Grammy waited patiently.
"In my heart, I already know I'm five, not four....so let's just say I'm five, OK?" She gave Grammy the eye.
Grammy only smiled. "Well, I feel like I'm twenty-five today." She chuckled. Yes, her granddaughter did make her laugh from time to time. But she shook her head, to want to be older. She hadn't wanted that in a long time.
Of course, Kelsey wasn't listening. She was painting.
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