Well, the weekend has come and gone. We had the family July birthday party yesterday. There were five celebrants, but one of them lives in Grand Junction so we didn't have the opportunity to see if he still hand "wind" enough to blow out the candles on his cake.
The six-month-old and the little girl turning one sat side by side on a blanket in the grass. They are two generations! And the younger child is the member of the first generation.
Our 12 year old is the uncle of our 19 year old granddaughter and the great-uncle of her year-old daughter. Adoption does that to a family...it makes it impossible to define a generation by age. So does late pregnancy. The grandmother of that baby ( my oldest daughter) has a two-year-old who is now an uncle, too.
But we are blessed, and we know it. The Bible says children are like arrows in a quiver, and we are quivvering all over! Let's see now...our kids are Marques, Matthew, Michelle, Sarah, Chad ( who beat us to Heaven) Shelley and Shawna. Then, you have to consider all the kids I got through their marriages: My wonderful sons Jason, Greg, Doug and Rob. That's 11.
Now we get into THEIR kids: Aaron, Annabelle, Tyler, Hailey, Chad, Hunter, Rebekkah, Dustin, Christa, Kayo, Brittany, Alex, Ashley ( as well as her husband Mike) and Alyshia. RUNNING COUNT: 26
And THEIR kids: Kyah and Ethan. Did you come up with 28?
That's a lot of arrows, and Marques and Matt haven't even started!
So we partied like it was...2009.
We wonder a lot what Chad's kids would have been like...so many of our bio grandkids resemble one another. Kyah Faith ( the one-year-old) has red hair like her uncle had. But those are sad thoughts and birthdays are no time for sadness ( grouchiness, maybe...or senility, but not sadness)
There are only three birthdays in August...and two of those are not in Holyoke. We'll get off easy. BUT CHRISTMAS IS COMING
Oh well. Back to the book. (A new one...) If you haven't gotten to my website yet to read the free book and see samples of the two that are available now, go to www.beyonderqueen.net and scroll down to the link to my author's page.
My birthday's in October...I don't think we're going to celebrate, though. The volunteer firedepartment is away on practice maneuvers that week.
