Hatched!

# Chapter 294

So baby girl Emma “hatched” as Micah said. Now we have a new granddaughter and we are so thankful that mom and baby are well. It was a long long day for them. It was a long nine months for all of them. Having babies is no quick process. Yet, compared to the 30 years we now have invested in our kids, the pregnancy and delivery day were a blink of the eye long long ago. Yesterday while Helen was in labor Brenda and I were trying to remember HER delivery day 28.5 years ago and realized that we can’t remember a bit of it! There are several possible ways of looking at that awful confession, but the way that we look at it is, that Helen’s life has been so amazing and vibrant that pregnancy and delivery so paled in comparison that we can’t even remember the finer details. Thats my story and I am sticking to it.

Her arrival was and is important but her days from here on out are far more important. I just hope that I am around to celebrate her first baby, our greatgrandbaby! This is my dad’s eighth great grand baby and he is so happy to have another. I can’t even get my mind around GREAT grand babies yet. The greater question is what kind of grandparent am I going to be? Especially in light of the fact that I am the only Opa (grandpa) she will have since Michael’s dad passed away during the pregnancy. The question of what kind of grandparent we are is crucial in the world today. Kids need way more support than we did growing up. Be awesome!