Full House

My house is alive with the sounds of love and life. I'm having a full house of girls for three weeks. My second daughter, my daughter inlaw and my two granddaughters, ages 4 and 4 months. We have all girl mornings and all girl nights. It's all about feeling, talking, laughing, playing, cooking, eating, hugging, and kissing. Of course, my name is now Grandma This and Grandma That, or Mom Here and Mom What. It's invigorating beyond anything I can think. Being in the short moments of watching your granddaughters grow and start becoming into what they will is like watching a good magician do his tricks. The magic of learning and thinking has always fascinated me. Watching it happen makes me be part of the magic.

A Kiss and a Hug

It's been over a year now... Just yesterday, my five year old grandson went to his mother, who was folding towels, and told her:

    - "Mommy, I miss Abuelo Juan."

    - "Well baby, I miss him too. You know he's in heaven watching over us and he  

      is so proud of you".

   - "But I miss him so much! I want to give him a hug and a kiss, and I can't. I know  

      he can't come down from heaven to see me".

   - "Yes, I know, honey".

   - "Whose dad is he, mommy?"

   - "Come on, you know he's your father's dad".

   - "Mom, do you think Dad misses his father as badly as I miss him?"

Wow! Talking about missing and hugging and kissing...