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My Great-Grandfather, My Sister, My Mother, Me. 1959. When I was a child, I assumed everybody’s family was just like mine. I still recall the shocking discovery that a second-grade classmate and her family lived in an apartment. I didn’t get it. Everybody knew that families live in houses, right? Sometimes I think I know something when I really […]
Rich and Our Grandson Ayden On Our Wedding Day. September 2, 2007. The question blindsided me during an arts-and-crafts session with our grandlittles Ayden and Carly. Rich was telling the kids a tale from his earlier days. Your Nana and I– Ayden looked at me, a question looming in his eyes, and asked his grandpa, You mean […]
Elaine and Her Grandfather. January, 2011. I grew up in a home that oozed love. I am pretty sure that if you drove past our house, you could smell affection’s sweet aroma from the street. My parents encouraged, guided, and cared for us: You want to play softball? I’ll coach the team. You have a sore throat? Let me make you some […]
Grammy’s and Pop-Pop’s. Christmas, 2012. A friend asked me last week: So where does God fit into this stuff about life in family? The question took my breath away. Isn’t it obvious? I thought. But she wouldn’t have asked the question if the answers were obvious. And if she asked it, others have thought it. So this week we’ll take […]
Our Wedding Day. September 2, 2007. My dad shook his head as if I had asked him whether he had visited the moon. “What? No! Of course not!” My crazy question was this: When you found out you were going to be grandparents, did you and Mom talk about what kind of grandparents you would be? After my dad’s […]
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