“This is great! You’re all here, all five grandsons, or as Oma calls you, the ‘Cinco de Meyer.”
“Can we go now, Opa?” “No. Let’s tell our friends what we did last month. Connor, tell them about our trip.” “We went with Opa and Oma to visit our cousins Drew and Jake in Maryland. We saw fireworks with them, went swimming, horsed around and played video games.”
“I’ve got a question about that. Christian, I overheard you saying more than once, ‘When I die, I’ll show you how.’ What? How can you do anything after you die?” “Opa, it’s dying on the video game, not real dying. You need to put your books down and spend more time in screens.”
“Well, I have to say the four of you were great together. Oma and I were so pleased to see you play and get along. But Nick, you stayed home, didn’t come with us. What did you do?”
“Moon camp, Opa. I camped on the moon while my brothers were away.” “Uh, and what did you do on the moon?” “I went and visited the planets. First I went to Mars.” “Really, Nick?” “No, Opa, it was just pretend.”
“Boys, when I was younger there was a popular song. ‘It is the evening of the day; I sit and watch the children play.’ You’re all busy, getting into your lives. Just want you to know that Oma and I are proud of you and love you.” And Drew and Jake, did I hear that you’ll be coming to come to St. Louis at the end of August?”
“Yea, we want to spend more time with our cousins. Now can we go, Opa?”
“Go in peace. ‘Children are a heritage from the Lord’ (Psalm 127:3).”