Michigan

Last week Maya's Grandma & Grandpa went on a little vacation to Michigan. Since Maya couldn't talk to her Grandma everyday like usual she occupied her time by tracking their location on the map in her room. She even went so far as to check out a book about Michigan from the library so she'd have something pithy to discuss when her Grandma returned. Well her Grandma got back and Maya was frankly a little disappointed saying to me, "you know, Grandma just got back from Michigan and when I tried talking to her about the state it's like she doesn't know anything about it." She knew nothing about the state bird - the robin. Had no mention of the state tree - the white pine. And not so much as one passing anecdote about the state flower - the apple blossom. Turns out all she did was use the trip as an excuse to go shopping at Kohls!?!!! At some point Maya has got to wonder if her Grandma is willing to do the work necessary to maintain this grandmother/granddaughter relationship.