She is your granddaughter.
You are her grandfather, and godfather.
When she was very young, you taught her how to fish.
A little older, and you taught her how to identify a loon by its call.
As time went on, you taught her
*your gardening tricks
*how to identify petoskey stone
*that ice cream can be made at home, not just bought at the store
*how to shoot a pellet gun
*how to drive a 4-wheeler
*that you can make anything - ANYTHING - out of wood if you have the right tools
*the joys of Amish baking (and where the Amish bakery is, for that matter)
This past Friday, you taught her that when the going gets tough......really, truly, t