A walk with Grandma
When I was little me and my grandma used to take long walks in Riverland park before they paved the paths. We would take a little picnic with us and simply walk along the paths picking flowers. The water was high back then, not dried up as they are now. When we would get into a clearing where the picnic tables and swings were, we would stop and have lunch and grandma would push me on the swing. It was a long walk but it was nice to be able to forget about the city and pretend we were on some country road back in the 18??'s. My brother Ricky often came with us, so much so we became the 2 musketeers. Walking through the park and sitting on the logs near the river. Afterwards we would go to Strohs Ice Cream Parlor and have an icecream cone before walking home. It was very calming and peaceful. I have taken my daughter on those walks tho now the roads are paved and they opened it so you can go all the way to Dodge Park now without having to go through weeds. And even tho the river is practically dried up.. It's still a nice walk and the Ice cream parlor is still operating for an icecream treat after the long tiring walk... Both my grandma (Oct 23, 2001) and my brother (Aug 22, 1990)are gone now, but I can still see them walking with me on those trails in Riverland Park; now called North Clinton River Park~ Thank You for allowing me to share this memory!
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From: _KingofHeartsShawn_ - - - - 11/29/03
Very touching....and very moving.
Thanks for the post.
Shawn
"Stillness is what creates love. Movement is what creates life. To be still and still moving, this is everything.
--Unknown
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