The memories are few of  my grandpa and grandma Sell(my paternal grandparents), but one remains in the forefront in my mind.  That memory is of the “Funny Papers”. Each time our family left my grandparents home, my grandpa Sell always gave us a little tug on the arm and said, “Hey, see you in the funny papers.” I wondered most of my childhood what that even meant. Was there a newspaper I haven’t heard of, or a secret club I wasn’t old enough to join? Sometimes he shouted it from his cozy recliner, sometimes he walked us all the way to screen door, but every time he gave a little chuckled and tip of his trusty ball cap.

I know now grandpa was simply saying “good-bye, I love you and hope to see you again,” in his own personal way. It’s that precious memory, that sparked the idea for this personal blog.