Life’s Little Blessings!
It’s been raining cats and dogs for several days now. That’s not unusual for the Pacific Northwest, but the rain tends to dampen my spirits after a while. You would think someone who lives in the same town she was born in over a half-century ago would have adjusted by now. Anyway, tonight I decided I just needed to do something to help lift my spirits. I spent some time looking at family scrapbook pages I’ve done and decided to share one of my favorites with you. My series on Vampiress Morbidia will continue tomorrow, the big day for the premiere of “Twilight”.
There is nothing that makes me smile more than thinking about my grandson, Phoenix. I can’t believe he is two years old already. The pictures you see below are some of the first pictures I took after his birth. The one with Phoenix in his mother’s arms was taken at the moment she got to see her son for the first time. It was a moment I thought I would never see. You see, I have two sons and every time I mentioned grandchildren they would say talk to my brother. But I’m sure my son, Michael, would agree that becoming a father is the best thing that has ever happened in his life. It’s such a pleasure to watch him with his son. He is the loving parent I always knew he would be and I’m so proud of the way they are raising their son.
My younger son, Patrick, lives in New Zealand and has not had the opportunity to meet his nephew yet. He will be home for a visit in April and I can’t wait. I haven’t seen him for over three years. With the distance, cost of travel, and his busy schedule we don’t get to see him often…and of course I always cry the moment I see him and again when I have to say goodbye until the next time. My tears are a mixture of happiness and sorrow. The happiness comes from knowing he has accomplished the goal he set for himself very early in life; the sadness from the reality of being separated by such a huge geographical distance. But at the end of the day I feel blessed to be a mother and a grandmother and thinking about that always helps wash the winter blues away.
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