lessons from Grandma

I love when my mom will interject a story about my grandma into our day to day conversation. Last night was one of those cases. My dad's mom passed away when I was in middle school, and it blesses my heart to learn the wisdom she had. I am greatful she shared it with others so they could pass it on.

"They gotta eat a little dirt."- Grandma Osborn

Yeap, my grandma was a firm believer we should all feed our kids dirt....

HAHA.. ok, I'll get serious... this is obveously NOT what grandma was trying to say.

In life we can easily get worked up about things and constantly fight to protect our children, or friends, from getting messy. You know who these parents are: they germ-x everything thier children touch, don't let em play in the mud....
Then there are the reverse parents who simply say 'whatever.' And thier kids come over with mud and grossness EVERYWHERE.
Grandma's philosophy was this, a middle ground. We can procted our kids from get dirty, but we need to recognize a little bit of dirt won't hurt. Life is about finding the healthy median between two extremes... just eating a LIL bit of dirt ;)