Thomas visiting his grandmother Carole Smith at her home in Lawrenceville

Each Summer after I lost my Daughter Carole Suzanne Smith her grandchildren and my great grandchildren Thomas and his sister Kimberley came from Lawrenceville Georgia to spend some time with me at my Bird Bay Venice condo home.

The first summer they came neither one of them knew how to swim or dive but the end of that first summer they each were experts at both. Every day they enjoyed swimming in the Bird Bay pool that was just across the street from me and also playing with the little boy and girl from up north, who were also summer visiting. Pretty nice, HUH?

But this story is really about my great grandson Thomas, we used to call him Tommy but no more because he liked being referred to as Thomas and I have capitulated!

Thomas and the little boy visiting from next door Tommy

They took my movie next door to watch, about the little girl in Canada who found a nest of the big flying geese eggs, took them home, kept them in a drawer with a lantern underneath for warmth until they hatched. Then raised them and taught them to fly.

Little Tommy soon had a birthday party. I purchased that movie titled “Fly Away Home” for Kimberley and Thomas to give to Tommy for his birthday. That made little Tommy very happy.

As Thomas grew older he became artistically inclined. I want you to see the envelope he used to send me a letter from his home in  Lawrenceville.

Thomas envelope with letter

How he sealed the envelope.

Not bad for a kid, HUH?

Thomas now lives happily in Seattle Washington

FRF ❤️