Sunday, December 26, 2010

Pop A Fix It


My husband is not the "blood" pop of my grandkids but you wouldn't know it. They don't know it either. They think he hung the moon! My granddaughter is 6 years old now but when she was 2 years old she learned quickly to NOT bring "stuff" to Nana to put together ,or fix if it was broken. I am not good at putting things together or fixing things. It usually ends up in the trash or thrown across the room after my 2 minutes of effort. I have no patience. Therefore, when my granddaughter would bring me things and ask me to fix them I would tell her "Pop A Fix It."
For those of you not familiar with "country talk," - we usually leave out some letters or vowels in our words and sentences. Sometimes we use a completely different word, such as "A" for "will." That explains my title, "Pop A Fix It" instead of Pop WILL Fix It.
My grandson is now 2 years old and has quickly learned from his sister to take anything that needs "fixin" to Pop. I don't think my grandson has ever brought anything to me and asked me to fix it. Maybe it's a "male" thing and they just have the intuition of knowing some women can't fix things. Secretly, I CAN fix some things. I just don't want to, due to my patience level. By the way, my granddaughter does bring me her Barbie dolls to help get their clothes on them. Pop can't do that!
Truth be told, Pop really can't fix everything but I don't want my grandchildren to know that. When they get older and find out he's not their "blood" Pop, they won't care . They will continue to say "Pop A Fix It." And so will I, regardless if he can or not!

1 comment:

  1. I love this column Jodie, then again I love reading all your columns.

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