I Want to Marry Grandpa Gaisford

This is Kate and her Great Grandpa Gaisford.
I love living so close to this man and eating Wendy's with him once a week.
He always wants the same thing-
Chicken nuggets, honey mustard, and a Sprite.
We eat his favorite meal while watching classic tv shows, talking and laughing along the way.
Kate loves it when we take Grandpa Gaisford dinner and she can come along.
She thinks he is a funny man.
I've always thought Grandpa has been funny.
Here is a conversation we had a couple of weeks ago after visiting Grandpa Gaisford.

K-"I want to marry Grandpa Gaisford."
Me trying so hard not to laugh and a little shocked because Grandpa is in his 90s.
86 years older than Kate.
C-"Why do you want to marry Grandpa Gaisford?"
Giggles from Kate.
K-"Because he's funny."
C-"But Grandpa is already married to Grandma Gaisford.  You know the lady in the pictures that he likes     to show you."
K-"Ah."  total disappointment.
I didn't want her to be disappointed and so I told her-
C-"Kate you can marry someone who is funny just like Grandpa Gaisford."
Excitement in her eyes.
What is she thinking?
K-"Then I'll marry Grandpa Cardon."

After reminding her that Grandpa Cardon is married and then having her list every other male relative as potential marriage canidates,  I explained to her that she couldn't marry any of the men she knew and that she had to wait for some little boy to grow up, who wasn't related to us, who was funny, and then she could marry HIM.

Children are amazing.
They say it like it is.
They can ignore imperfections
And look right into someone's heart.
Seeing all that is good and lovely about a person.
No wonder we are taught to be more like them.

I hope someday Kate does find her funny man who is like Grandpa Gaisford and all the other great men in her life who make her laugh, smile and make her world a wonderful and safe place to be.