Scramble

We call them Gingerisms, the little word-twists and expressions that spring from our daughter’s lips every so often. I just love the little seed of truth in each of them, don’t you? Here are a few favorites…

Underbrella

Drenchcoat

Pitch red (she thought “pitch” meant “very,” as in “her face turned pitch red)

Came apart at the hip (when she and her girlhood best friend drifted apart in high school)

Dreadmill

Pannycakes (she was little, and that’s what the nursery rhyme said)

The other day, I we got two darling thank-you notes from two terrific kids, who had just enjoyed a few days at our lake house with their parents and grandparents. I was extra tickled to read a genuine Gingerism in one of the notes!

This young writer has manners and style!