Memory 3- 9/28/09

One of my favorite memories with my granddaddy (grandpa Fleming) is the time when he taught me how to parallel park. Grandmother was in the house fixing dinner while Bud, Granddaddy and I were outside playing. Bud was riding around in the little blue go-cart while I rode around on the lawn mower. Grandpa was laughing watching us race around and around the house since the lawn mower was so much slower than the go-cart. We were having fun, but I was getting kind of frustrated with the speed of the lawn mower. That's when I realized Granddaddy in the back stacking up two piles of bricks. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "teaching you how to parallel park." I got really excited then and continued to practice getting the lawn mower perfectly centered in between the piles of bricks with Granddaddy's instructions. Granddaddy was always the best at finding something fun for all of us grandkids to do that would teach us something valuable for our future. To this day I still do not have trouble parallel parking. I miss him.