Pic of the week: Heaven on Earth
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My daughter who not long ago faced heartbreaking loss and the possibility she may never have children of her own has …
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Our final grandchild!
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He’s here! He’s here!
Our final grandchild has arrived!
Introducing Robert Allen, son of our oldest daughter Brianna and her husband Patrick, baby brother to Benjamin and James.
Read MoreStag party at Grandma's
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Most evenings, just before dusk, our deer neighbors make a pre-dinner visit just across the street from our house. Deer as in doe a deer, female deer, that nibble and nosh on the grainy goodies our human next-door neighbor—right or wrong—puts out for the local wild ones.
Sometimes it’s two or three does, sometimes more, sometimes their little ones, too. Occasionally a buck butts his way into the fray, but it’s typically all gals as the guys seem to favor a supper spot farther up the street.
One snowy afternoon last week, though, it was the big boys who stopped by.
Read MoreAnd the little one said: ‘Lemme out!’
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Conditions are getting quite cramped for my youngest grandson. During yesterday’s ultrasound—photos for which are far more distinct than last week’s ultrasound—there was one hand nearing the little guy’s face… and (not visible in this printout) a foot pressed up against his forehead, according to the technician. Quite a feet, er, feat!
The limited space must be why Mama Brianna experienced such mighty movement from the nearly newborn contortionist on Monday…
Read MoreGrandbaby ETA draws near
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Brianna is officially at 37 weeks and two days today. Yesterday I had the privilege of attending one of her final ultrasound appointments—an exciting opportunity for me, considering my first three grandbabies were born 815 miles away, making this my first such experience.
I got to watch Brianna undergo a neonatal…
Read MoreDeclan and the dastardly deed
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I was chatting on the phone with my daughter Megan one day last week when out of the blue she exclaims, "Whoa! There's a tarantula in the fridge!"
What?
"Yeah, I just opened the fridge and forgot I had put it there!"
Read MoreFlashback: The know-it-all grandma and her acts of ignorance
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Dear readers: This flashback feature originally appeared on Grandma's Briefs July 24, 2014. Thank you for reading my (updated) rerun.
I'm often asked by family, friends—and sometimes even strangers—for answers and directions on a variety of topics. I'm happy to say that I can usually give them what they seek. My husband often jokingly calls me Google; my daughters consider me one of the best researchers they know.
Which makes it difficult to not fancy myself a know-it-all at times.
To keep things in check—meaning, to deflate my occasionally oversized ego and obnoxiously large noggin'—I need only recall one or more of the times I was clearly not in the know. At all. The times I didn't know what the heck I should have known, whether I pretended to know it or not.
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