Welcome Home...

I watched from the front seat of the car as my son Neville drove up the long driveway.

"Mother welcome to your new house." he said as he honked the horn.

It was beautiful. A large 3 story mansion with what looked to be an attic. It was painted an eggshell white and the shutters were a nice vine color. Out front I noticed a man planting some rose bushes.

"Who is that son?"

Neville looked up and scoffed.

"Oh thats just the gardner Mr. Bones."

"Oh." was all I said as I watched him.

Finally we got to the top of the driveway.

Neville honked his horn again as he stopped the car.

The front door, which was painted the same color as the shutters was flung open and out came my twin grandsons Henry And Orville. Dressed in the little sailor outfits I gave them last christmas.

"Nana! Nana!" they cried as the ran to open my door.

"Boys!" I cried as they began to jump in my lap and gave me my hugs.

"Boys get off Nana!" came a voice from the house.

I look over to see my daughter-in-law Lydia. She looked tired, but I susposse I would have to if I had just had a baby two days ago.

She came down the steps and helped me out of the car.

"Thank you my dear...those things can be hard to get out of sometimes."

"Your welcome Nana." she grabbed my arm and helped me walk up to the door. "I know you must be famished. Why don't we go to the kitchen and I will cook you something to eat, maybe fix some tea."

"That sounds lovley my dear." just as we got to the top of the steps a tall slim man walks past us and begins to help Neville with the bags.

"Who was that?" I asked.

"Oh thats Shivers our butler."

"Oh...Bones...Shivers...you two have hired some people with some scary last names."

Lydia giggled.

"Yes, but what were we to do they came with the mansion."

I must have looked stunned because Lydia smiled and patted my arm.

"Well see the people who owned this before us paid them for 5 years in advance. However they died and we bought it right after. So we get 3 years of free service from them."

"Wow."

"Yes I know and when we offered to pay them something they said all they need is a warm place to sleep. So because we have so much room we let them each pick one but they have to but their own food.

"Thats very fair of them and you."

"Well its the least we can do. That way they will be here also if we need them and they don't have to walk the five miles to get here."

I smiled. Lydia was the best thing to come to this family. Neville being brought up around so much, always seemed to be a snob. Even in church if there was anyone he thought was more lowley then him he would move to another pew.

Then one day he meet Lydia. She was a poor girl who was working at the local flower shop. He had gone in to buy roses for Nancy Gime, a girl I did not like by the way, however she was the richest girl in the town. I knew however he was in love when he came home with mums. He hated mums...but later I found out that those were Lydia's favorite. He broke things off with Nancy and for three months he brought home mums everyday. Our house was full of them pink mums, blue mums, purple mums. Every color mums that was put on the earth.

Then ,finally, he asked her on a date and a year later they were married in the biggest church in the whole county.

Now ten years later they have given me three grandchildren, and now that I am here to live with them it has made me the happiest person in the word.

AN: I hope you enjoy this. If you do please R and R. Thanks! E.S.S.