Granddaughter taking pictures
at museum

Today I was a chaperone for my granddaughter on her class trip to the Milwaukee Museum. I met the 2nd grade classes at the museum and found out there was lots of chaperones so the only person I was responsible for was my granddaughter.

She had told me that she was bringing her camera and planned to take plenty of pictures. This was very accurate as she took me from display to display taking pictures of everything she saw.

She reminded me when I was young, about her age, and my parents took me to the Chicago Museum of Arts and Sciences. I was so excited about being there I kept going from exhibit to exhibit saying ‘you need to see this’. Finally my mother told me to slow down and really take a look at the exhibit rather than jump to the next one. If I would have had a digital camera at the time I would have been just like my granddaughter today.

Her taking photos as soon as she saw something reminded me of a story that Father Anthony De Mello S.J. spoke about a family making plans for vacation, going on it, taking pictures and returning home without every been present to where they were.

I love my granddaughter. She is so honest and beautiful with her childlike view of the world. I kept saying to her look at the exhibit before taking a picture. I think she heard me and did some of that at the end. Really seeing is difficult for a child or adult but we must stop and see to be fully alive.

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