While I was preparing dinner for the family, Grandpa Dear came out in the kitchen holding his jacket in front of him, trying to find words to say something. I'd already brought his dinner to him, and had taken off his jacket to give him a heavier sweater so that he'd be warmer. Thus, it had been hanging on a hook in his room. I turned to pay attention to what he wanted to say:
"Things have been changing for a while, and I wonder if we can take this to someone to find out what we can get for it".
Huh? That jacket was his constant companion- he'd often sleep in it. Then it dawned on me - I'd turned the channel to Antique Roadshow for him to watch while eating, and he'd gotten the idea he needed to liquidate his possessions!
Once I explained to him that we were fine, and didn't need to sell it, he seemed relieved and went back to his room with the jacket under his arm.
Ben, doing his homework at the kitchen table, then looked up and said "Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice....."
He thinks he's wearing antiques! Btw... niccccceeeee job
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