The Love of a Parent/Grandparent

What would you do for your child/grandchild? Or perhaps I should ask what you wouldn't do for your child/grandchild.  

This night past was New Year’s eve and then of course New Year’s day. And I was truly blessed by my children and one of my grandchildren these past few days.  

Let me explain...on Tuesday my husband and I went to TGI Friday's for dinner and this is were our one child works, this is Miss Ruthee, when we arrived at the restaurant Ruthee kind of saw us and looked at us like, what are you doing here, you don't belong here...Ruthee knows, as do all the children that Mom and Dad don't go out to eat hardly ever...now I have to tell you a little story about this, that my husband and I were reminiscing about while we were there.  When Tim and I first started dating Ruthee was about ten years old.  One of the things she really liked to do was to play waitress. Ruthee would grab a pencil and a pad and take every bodies orders and she especially loved doing this with Tim, because Tim really played the part of the customer.  So anyway we had a wonderful dinner and really enjoyed our waitress or I think the politically correct name is now a server.

Then on our way home we called Samuel and Mary to ask them if they were home or just where they were on their journey...well they were in NJ at that point and that was about 6:30-7:00 PM and they were going to stop at Cabala’s, just near route 81 and route 61 just north of Reading.  Okay well you guys stay safe.

Tim and I got home and were enjoying a very, very quiet evening.  Around 9:00 we received another phone call from Samuel and Mary.  Well it turns out that they were home and their apartment was 48 degrees.  So they called us and asked if they could please come to our house for the night...of course...so they came and spent the night.  And they wanted to sleep in the family room. This was fine with us. We unfolded the sofa sleeper so that I could make sure that it would be already for them to use when they arrived.  I also made sure that they understood the door was always open to them and their child, our little grandson, as well as to the rest of the children and grandchildren!



Levi and MamMaw enjoy the first time in the walker!



When they arrived Samuel brought out the pack and play for little Mr. Levi who is just a tad past three months, And boy oh boy was he ready to get out of his car seat.  Driving from RI to South Central PA, is a long drive for an adult, let alone a three month old.  But he really did fairly well according to his parents.  Mary feed Levi and they all went to sleep.  When we got awake in the morning, after Levi had his breakfast and a diaper change and his clothes on, I got out the walker, that hadn't been in use for about three years.  The last ones to use this were Trenton and Madison, and they are six and four now.  It is one of those that you can adjust the height from pretty low to pretty high.  We put Levi in it and he was very happy...he loves to stand up so this was perfect...and his little piggy’s even touched the floor.

So Tim and I where able to start out our year with two wonderful blessings and I am sure that there will be many more in this coming year.  And we are looking forward to all of them...bring it on God and we will continue to bring it to you as well.  Father you fill our lives with so much joy and purpose and we love you for all of this!  Thank you Father!

Now...you know it...go be a blessing...And I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and a happy and safe New Year.

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