The Bost Broadcast: Grandma Kinzie

On August 20, my grandmother turned 90, born in 1921. When I think of how much time that is, I realize how much her eyes have seen over the years...what it was like growing up on a farm (jealous in some ways), having so many brothers and sisters, watching your three daughters grow up get married and start lives of their own, watching your grandchildren grow up and have their own children, sharing your life with the same person for 50 years plus. Things I learned from my grandmother: vegetables taste better when you have grown them yourself, you don't want to get swatted with a fly swatter for fighting with your sister, ice cream cones on the front porch are always a wonderful after dinner treat, painting with water and watching the colors appear is a wonderful fun activity, 3 or 4 kinds of cereal layered in a deep bowl with blueberries, bananas diced four ways, and strawberries is the best start to your day, Russian tea is good in every season, a wood burning fire means home, what it looks like to take care of your family and give of yourself to others, you can get a lot of satisfaction out of working hard and doing things with your hands, her mom's recipe for pound cake is the best in the world, and you can't go wrong with blueberry muffins for breakfast. I see how much she enjoys watching her great grandchildren play on the floor and the whole family being stuffed in her living room like sardines in a can. I see how proud she is of all of us and hear her saying it in the notes she writes. What an honor to be a part of such a wonderful woman who has served and loved so many of those around her.