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After our first plate of food from the Thanksgiving Dinner table, we take second portions from the dishes we enjoyed. We intend to build on the satisfaction of the first round. Just so, grandchildren (our second serving of parenting opportunities) offer us the chance to build on the joy of our first experience. The second time around, with less anxieties and more wisdom, we anticipate deeper fulfillment in our bonus attempt to love and be loved. We are hopeful and grateful! Read More

Mary Jane Jeffers was 50 years old when I was born, and I laugh at myself now, to think that in my view she was always an old woman. Pity …
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Having spent six months with my grandchildren I was ready to head home, I thought, to my freedom and solitude. After six days away from them, I was ready …
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Christmas 2013 was special. My daughter, my son, their dad and I spent the week together for the first time in almost 20 years.

The venue: the home of my …
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After our first plate of food from the Thanksgiving dinner table, we take second portions from the dishes we enjoyed. We intend to build on the satisfaction of the first …
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Thank God, he arrived safely with all the extras we prayed for—good health, good spirits and good looks. He also demonstrates good motor skills and good brain power; he walks and he thinks—he thinks he can outrun me. What a joy he has been to the family!
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My heartbeat quickened when I heard that my grandson would arrive on or close to my birthday in early April. Too excited to wait, I began my conversation with him a few weeks early. Here are five promises I made to my unborn grandson.

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