June gloom after May gray gets a bit old here at the beach. It's cold, dark and damp in the mornings here and it doesn't burn off until afternoon and only for an hour or two. Yawn! It's time for a Phoenix run.

Michael, my grandson, turned six years old last week and I wasn't there. This is the first birthday I have missed. He called with great excitement to tell me all about his special day with Mom and Dad at an amusement park. This is how the conversation went:

Grandma! I'm six now! I get six candles on my birthday cake. That means I get to have six wishes!

Really? Wow Michael. That's so exciting.

Yes it is. Do you want to know my first wish? It is that you and I can play together everyday, all day long, forever.

OMG! How much do I love this child?