Sneeze Money

This is my grandpa, George. 

George and my grandma Nicki live in Colorado. When we were younger we would stay with our grandparents for a couple of weeks every summer. One thing I will always remember about those summers is my Grandpa counting sneezes. Every time one of us would sneeze my grandpa would yell "ONE." It didn't matter if we had sneezed once or twenty times that day, he would always yell "ONE." He would continue on talking about how "they" paid for sneezes. We never knew who "they" were but at the end of our summer trips we would receive a little monetary surprise that we nicknamed "sneeze money." 

The past three weeks I have been battling a brutal combination of a head cold and allergies and one day I was sneezing so much, I actually began to count. After I had hit 12 by 10:00am I knew I had to tell my grandpa. I sent him a text {yes he is in eighties and can text} explaining how many times I had sneezed. I got an excited text back shocked that I had remembered to count my sneezes. 

Three days later after getting the mail, I got this:

In case you can't read it, it says:

SPECIAL REWARD 

for Sneezing

12x .25 = $3.00

This is sanction and ratified by 

THE DEPT. OF SNEEZING

with the authority and approval by FTC

Washington, DC.

GMA&GPA INK.

It was the cutest, funniest, most thoughtful and nostalgic thing I have ever received in the mail. My grandma has Parkinson's Disease and is unable to travel so I haven't seen my grandparents in over 3 years. I love them and miss them like crazy and having this special little memory brought back means so much.