This thought just occurred to me ... and I had to write it down!: WOW

160 – Tuesday, June 9, 2009

As I sit in my den contemplating my life and the numerous blessings for which I am grateful, my eyes scan the room – I love this room – golden oak surrounds me and the gratification bubbles within my soul that God blessed me with the skills to build it or, moreover, that I was even inspired to design such a warm and comfortable surround. Sporting tiered bookcases and an entertainment column hosting the Samsung HD-LCD television, the digital video recorder, and the Bose 1-2-3 surround-sound, and dozens of DVD’s and CD’s stored in its four drawers, you might think that a guy would be ‘in his element’ and with the minor addition of a mini-fridge and microwave, might be able to literally spend 24-7 right in his easy chair – not the case. What really gives me the ‘warm fuzzies’ are the numerous plastic items bearing the Fisher-Price logo – there is the colorful block sorter, the blue talking chair with a smiling face, and the rocking ring-stacker – all sitting atop the oak window seats under the bay window, which also serve as toy-box storage. The TV unit and book shelves support an upper ledge that circumnavigates the entire room and serves as the landscape and roadbed support for the O-gauge Polar Express train – the locomotive and trailing cars are the absolute favorite attention-grabber of my 17-month-old grandson – he becomes mesmerized when the lighted 5-gang assembly begin their forward motion and a throaty WOOOoo-WOOOoo evokes a captivating stare through widened eyes as his tiny mouth forms one of his first words, W-O-W! While that entertainment center offers a time-bridge, spanning the voids between his visits, its appeal pales in the minutes the little tyke is elevated in my arms as he reaches for the center push-button that toots the whistle that brings my ‘little buddy’ alive – it is when I watch him that my eyes widen and these aging creased lips form the descriptive word inspired by experiencing my grandson – W-O-W!