Tuesdays With Pappo
“CAN” to “CAN'T”
Tuesdays With Pappo included a walk down Memory Lane this week as we chatted over his Braums #1 burger combo and my Kids Meal chicken tenders. It’s really the first time I remember us talking about how his parents moved from Oklahoma to New Mexico to Alabama (his Mom was born in 1899 and his Dad in 1896). Quite interesting actually.....
But during that conversation, my sweet Pappo made this comment: “My Dad worked as a welder from “Can to Can’t’”. Hum. Interesting. I did my usual head-tilt and asked what that meant....”Can to Can’t”. He smiled that crooked little smile of his as he enjoyed throwing out a phrase no one else knew the answer to.....and said, “It means he worked from the time he “Can” see the sun to the time he “Can’t”.
Clever.
We laughed and then moved on to our weekly contest of how many ladies we thought would be sitting out on the porch of his Independent Living Center when we drove up in a few moments. (You may remember Pappo likes to buy each of them a Sonic shake when we return from our weekly lunch.) They know if they sit out there, we will count them and then make a quick trip to the local Sonic drive-thru and return with chocolate shakes for each of them. He said 4....I said 5....
He won.
Awww....how sweet it is to lose to my Pappo.
“The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.” Proverbs 20:7
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