happy 12th birthday to grand child Amber

Construction of Amber's 12th birthday wishes next, after Chris's birthday.

2022oct02

For grand daughter Amber's 11th birthday 

with an instant promotion into her twelfth year -- "She is now living her 12th year" -- 

that idea makes grandpa Harvey in his 84th year, always taking credit/responsibility for the year he's living. This post had limited success with GP's waning ability but his intentions remain worthy and partially successful subject to improvement applied to future celebrations. Specific improvement is the digitization of family slides.

GP Harv frequently has Amber in mind; 

here are a few pix representations,

especially representing the Baldwin Park early morning routine of Amber early-arising, the transfer to GP, and out-of-the-house walking to the Baldwin Park armory busy street corner with the car lights, stop/go lights, a convenient seat on the neighbors convenient seat-high wall, then, when bored, back across the street, to the bus stop shelter, Amber climbing the seat and protected interior, the frequent surprise stop of the city bus with the driver inquiring if we wanted to get a ride, and for a finale, a peaceful walk home with not a movement from Amber, sometimes asleep already, many times not, but absolutely motionless and relaxed, just slowly walking along with no distraction, GP curious as to her thoughts/feelings, then when turning the final corner at Lower Union Road, the sleeping seeds plantings grew, and in several more minutes walking down the block, came the gentle entrance to 3624, GP would many times spread Amber's blanket unto the living room carpet, lay her peacefully undisturbed as she was absorbed in her sweet dreams, then we both awaited the stirrings of Chris, Tina, Lance, Jared, Titus in jumbled order, for another Dynamism Central day at, with GP centered around the Baldwin Park Florida homestead, participating in intergenerational retirement via the living room daybed.

Home from the early morning adventure.

Years pass and the NC-dream-estate-plan comes true.

Amber says- "There's my dad."  "He needs help," but Chris says "No, unsafe!"

So GP offers an alternative, "Amber, do you want to drive the truck?" GP thinks, "Safer, right?"

Disregarding any thought of safety 

(but under GP's close wing), 

Amber almost lost her dress flying into the truck cab -- (out of Chris' hair.)  SHE'S READY TO DRIVE!

BUT!   

After a few minutes of settling into driving, 

she's looking for the-more-to-this-driving than the steering wheel. 

She says, "What's all this?" 

With her mind approaching overload she snaps, "There's that shift thing." 

And GP does NOT want her to 'snap' that.

 GP anticipates her pulling on the shifter, and quickly intervenes, 

"Amber, what about your seat belt safety?"

 Instantly, her mind gears her knowledge to the familiar seat belt idea.

Amber begins with a Question: "If this left hand metal thing goes into this right hand red slot thing, why doesn't the belt stretch around and hold me? SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT."

GP watched, Amber's mind worked, and after many seconds of mental/physical purposeful reorientations, Amber had her seat belt connected correctly around her. ALMOST.

SO CLOSE !
GP says to himself, "Don't help her -- let her do it!"

The final alignment -- SO CLOSE YET -- then the welcome "click" -- 

AMBER DID IT.

Now safely SELF-buckled in, Amber is overjoyed in her driving-the-truck adventure. She says, "Who needs to hold the steering wheel while 

FLYING (in her sweet dreams napping on the way to North Carolina)."

HERE WE GO. To an extended out-state Dynamism Central -- 

a version expanded into a true North Carolina estate.

GP had the privilege to share in the North Carolina Dynamism Central inter/intra-generational adventure for several years, even surviving scalp and prostate cancer.

GP didn't then, nor does he now understand what this AMBER INVENTION is/does, 

Her mind will makeup the details. Actively listen, be surprised.      😊

Ask Amber to backfill what this is? She was sure proud of it!

And Amber grew.

And got into trouble ---- enough said ...

.......... But all lived happily ever after.

Dynamism Central thrives.

GP eventually retired in Four Townes Florida and wishes, 

Love to all:) from Happy Harv Otto (H2o) 

facilitated by this web site blog HarvOtto.com

HAPPY 11TH BIRTHDAY AMBER !

SWEET DREAMS INTO YOUR IMMEDIATE 12th YEAR !