It's been a while since I've written a personal blog post. Nothing stirring enough to inspire me to write...but NOW, it's finally happened! Blab time!!!!
We are going to be GRAND-PARENTS (at last), and I've been given permission to blab about it. I've kept this secret for far too long, but I promise not to over-do it and end up boring everyone to tears. I know you'll give me this one shot at proclaiming the goodness of God in allowing a new creation to become a part of our little family.
Clark & Meg will hold this sweet baby in their arms come next March, and grandma will get to smother the little cuppy-cake with kisses. But until that day arrives, there will be a lot of one sided conversations going on whenever Meg is around. It may sound a little wonkers around here for the next 7 months, but I gotta make sure my grand-baby knows his (or her) grand-mommy's voice, right?
Today, Dennis and I received a picture of their first ultra-sound. The baby is only 3/4 of an inch long, yet so precious to look at. They (Clark, Meg & Lindsey) got to see the heart beating today! Really? Three quarters of an inch long...and there is already a heart beating inside it's tiny body! It's so amazing to me that this little bunch of human cells will grow muscle tissue, bones, and an immune system...and will one day walk beside us, here, on planet Earth. Oh my goodness! My face is beginning to hurt from smiling so big and I think my heart may just burst with joy.
It seems a very long time ago, yet not so many years, when I brought our youngest home from Freeman Hospital in Joplin, MO. The one that is now carrying a baby of her own. Her big sister, at 19 months old, was so excited to see her new baby sister. She stared at her a lot. She helped care for her. And she loved her. I know there are many stories they have shared over their growing up years, and even as they became young women. I'm so very happy they have each other to lean on, to share life with, to laugh, to cry, and even to mourn with. What a great momma Meg will be. What a great Auntie, Lindsey will be. My girls...
Until I'm allowed to blubber some more...here you'll find me...in Mary's growing World.
