Mildred finished her bacon and egg breakfast, got dressed, put on her hat and coat, and grabbed her umbrella, as the sky was dark and threatening. A few minutes later she arrived at the church, sat down in a pew, opened her hymn book, and started singing in her always slightly out-of-tune manner. Poor Mildred couldn’t hit a musical note if her life depended on it.

When the church service was over, Mildred headed to the recreation center’s athletic fields where her eight-year-old grandson’s soccer team would be playing. Mildred got situated on the bleachers, and pulled out a pair of binoculars from her oversized bag, since she couldn’t see as well as she used to, and she wanted to focus on her grandson running up and down the field.

But shortly after the game started, the rains came. Middle tried calling her grandson, but he couldn’t hear because an airplane was flying directly overhead. Mildred grabbed her stuff and ran, as best she could, to where her grandson was. She pulled him to her under the umbrella to try to keep him from getting more soaked than she already was. He was not a happy camper because he had been looking forward to this soccer game all week. Then, when Mildred suggested they go to the local ice cream shop for a treat, she turned his frown upside down.

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Written for the Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Saturday Mix Lucky Dip, where the story cubes are musical note, person in a hat reading, aeroplane, umbrella, soccer ball, binoculars, and egg and bacon.