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Kista Corrington
Mar 13, 20181 min read
Life with Grandpa
His hands are my hands. Firm. Strong. Durable. Cracked. Calloused. Capable. Eager. Full of other's hands. Satisfied. Inept. Smooth....
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Kista Corrington
Apr 4, 20171 min read
Roots & Wings- Week 2
It's been (about) 2 weeks; 336 hours; 20,160 minutes. I just wrote my first letter to you. It took me two attempts. I wasn't quite sure...
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Kista Corrington
Mar 25, 20152 min read
Life with Grandpa
There have been a lot of funny moments...some that can be shared and others that cannot, but amidst them all is a sense of restlessness...
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Kista Corrington
Mar 3, 20151 min read
Life with Grandpa
Me: Grandpa, knock, knock. Grandpa: blank stare...I know who's there...you! Me: Grandpa, knock, knock Grandpa: Who's there? Me: I eat...
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Kista Corrington
Feb 23, 20151 min read
Life with Grandpa
It's been a tumultuous week. Grandpa's mood has been low, with a lot of complaining; what's wrong with the world, what's wrong with kids...
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Kista Corrington
Feb 18, 20151 min read
Life with Grandpa
Scott usually makes the afternoon run home for grandpa's lunch, leg treatment, and medicine. However, on his 11-8 shifts, I take a lunch...
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Kista Corrington
Feb 14, 20151 min read
Life with Grandpa
Valentine's Day is full of love shown in many different ways; hugs, kisses, cards, laughter, tears, and much more. Valentine's Day with...
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Kista Corrington
Feb 5, 20151 min read
Life with Grandpa
On his 3rd round of news for the day, grandpa decided the story that they were reporting on Radio Shack closing stores was important...
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Kista Corrington
Feb 2, 20151 min read
Life with Grandpa
Celebrating Grandpa's 87th birthday! On the menu: his favorite-tacos. Followed by sugar free cake, sugar free banana split ice cream, and...
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Kista Corrington
Feb 1, 20152 min read
Life with Grandpa
Today was one of those days where I felt my frustration and irritability with being a care taker. I went in waves of irritable to guilt...
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Kista Corrington
Jan 29, 20151 min read
Life with Grandpa
We are so fortunate to have friends in our lives that share a love for grandpa that runs as deep as our own. Tonight we had some of these...
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Kista Corrington
Jan 26, 20151 min read
Life with Grandpa
Tonight's grandpa, granddaughter date...peanut butter; his creamy on crackers, mine crunchy on a banana. When asked to smile, he began...
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Kista Corrington
Jan 21, 20151 min read
Life with Grandpa
A great love story that led them back and forth from Florida, in and out of businesses run by their children, with and without their...
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Kista Corrington
Jan 20, 20151 min read
Life with Grandpa
Grandpa was extremely grumpy two nights ago. "Wheel of fortune is a scam-only one person wins a large amount and puzzles like before and...
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Kista Corrington
Jan 5, 20151 min read
Life with Grandpa
I came home today to grandpa crying. When I inquired why he was crying and excused our middle son from the room, he began to sob. He...
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Kista Corrington
Dec 24, 20141 min read
Life with Grandpa
We celebrated our first Christmas Eve with grandpa tonight. We stayed in and brought Red Lobster home so he could enjoy it with us. He...
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Kista Corrington
Dec 22, 20141 min read
Life with Grandpa
"Every good story of grandpa's includes a cocktail or a broad. The best stories include both."---Kista and Scott I was the little girl...
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Kista Corrington
Dec 11, 20141 min read
Life with Grandpa
Tonight was family game night. We played skipbo. Grandpa and I lost resulting in us displaying a big 'L' on our foreheads. Grandpa's...
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Kista Corrington
Dec 3, 20141 min read
Life with Grandpa
An introduction to delightful December days has brightened grandpa's spirits. He has decorated the tree and written a letter that brought...
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Kista Corrington
Nov 14, 20141 min read
Life with Grandpa
As I watched Ethan and grandpa exchange magic tricks, grandpa realize he had made a foul in his slight of hand. He proceeded to say that...
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