Becoming a Grandmother

During the fall of 1969 we enjoyed getting to know Steve. The Shrine Circus was coming to town, and we always went to that. We invited Steve and Jim and Carolyn to go and Carolyn said that her parents had never been to a circus. So John invited them to go along.
We all wanted to watch Steve enjoy the circus. Grandpop put on his fez and took us all along: Ida and Marvin, Carolyn and Jim, Mary Ann and John Dan, Grandpop and I all enjoyed it most of all through Steve’s eyes.

That fall Mary Ann, John Dan, and I also took Steve down to Forest Park to see the rides. We enjoyed watching Steve on the little cars and the little boats. We all rode the little train, but Steve was intrigued by the mini Ferris wheel that didn't look "mini" at all to us three who have acrophobia.
We tried to divert his attention , but were unsuccessful. John Dan and I said we could not ride that thing. Mary Ann said she would and she took Steve along.
Everything was fine until the wheel stopped at the top to load more passengers. John Dan and I were sitting below trying not to look. Mary Ann tells that Steve said, "If my mother knew where her little boy is right now, she'd cry!" But Steve didn't cry.