Friday...

Hello!

I was trying to think of something clever to write about today.  I started by looking at the photos on my i photo.  I realized that they tell a great story.  I of course only know how to work part of that whole i photo thing.... I have at least advanced to being able to open it and actually send files!  That for me is a great triumph, baby steps yes, but for me great!

So, as I looked at the latest import, I realized that all my photos are about family and places and events we have all been at together.  There are photos of trips and travels and graduations and birthdays and weddings and now....BABIES!  Actual new little people that are the next generation in this family.

What a cool thing...family!  Yes, I know we all have those stories and events that make us want to pull our hair out, and even in my case there are some people that make me want to pull a lot of my hair out.  I would be funny looking and maybe just accepting that we don't get to pick our family, is a better idea.  I was talking with my brother yesterday and we used that age old line " You can pick your friends and your nose, but you can not pick your family."  And, maybe that is exactly how it should be.  The whole big jumbled mess of love and angst and triumph that means family.

So, maybe on this Friday, pause and celebrate and enjoy even those most annoying family members and know that family is what life is all about.  

Happy weekend!

Until next time,

Pam

Just how it is...

Hello!

Short thought today....

When we were in Austin for our son's wedding....and I was looking at him and he was so obviously happy it made me happy....and Anne, our oldest said she was really happy, and that when her new baby son was happy, she was happy....I thought....and THAT is how it goes.

It starts the minute children are born....when they are happy, we are happy....and that is just how it is.


Happy weekend! (At least until someone is not :))

Pam

Right there...

Hello All!


This morning, as I was trying to get myself motivated to exercise on our treadmill, I put in an old VCR tape of the Whoopie Goldberg  movie Sister Act Two, yes we actually still have an old TV with a built in VCR!  I needed motivation and something fun to watch while walking on the treadmill.  The movie is one that I hadn't watched for quite awhile.  It was fun and got me thinking.

Sister Act Two is not a deep movie, yet some scenes had me running around looking for a pen to write down thoughts.  In the film, there is a young girl who really just wants to sing.  Her mom is against it, and of course, that is often a theme in movies about teenagers.  The Ying and the Yang between parent and child....what we want for them and what they want, our desire to protect, and guide and shelter them from what our life experience tells us, and the harder parts of life.  I am sure most parents can relate to that kind of thought process.

I am a new Grandma.  Most of you know that.  I was talking with Anne last night and listening to her as she is in the earliest of stages of trying to figure out what is good for her son, Max, and why.  I listened to all that she was saying, and I am trying to be a good listener and not give opinions unless asked.  As I was thinking this morning about all that she and I talked about, and as I watched this silly movie, I decided again that what good parents do best is think about what they want for their kids, watch and listen and learn about their kids, learn what their children want, and then meld the two.  It is a balancing act.  Figuring out how at each stage of your and your child's life to balance your fears as a parent with the desires and dreams of your children.  The ultimate goal is to help our children be who they are meant to become, not what we want them to be.

It is the never ending part of parenting.  Trying always to encourage and guide and help our children become all that they are meant to be and keep them safe and well through the process.

On to Part Two... can't wait to see all that baby Max becomes.  Of course right now he is working on smiling and holding his head up.  His parents, Anne and Patrick, are encouraging him every step of the way!

Hey we all started right there...

Until next time,

Pam

Ah....First Christmas AND a Wedding....

Hello All!


First Christmas, and a Wedding!


I am not even sure how to process all the stuff that is going on....

Life has so many events and moments and parts, and evolutions, you know what I mean.

In light of all that happened in our country this last week, I am taking time to embrace all that is good...relishing the moments, remembering to pause and appreciate.

So, this next week will be a First Christmas, and then a wonderful celebration, the marriage of our son and his lovely bride....

Blessings....

Can't wait!

Happy and healthy holidays!

Until next year,
Pam

The Mystery...

Hello All.


As I sit here late on a Friday night, after spending the morning and afternoon with Anne and the lovely baby Max,  I am thinking about the power of one person.  One little special person to a number of people that multiplies exponentially, as we text and share and smile at the arrival of a new life and all that means.  After just two weeks on earth, this one little boy has added depth and joy and love to so many....

Imagine... if we can all continue to think like that, and embrace the joy of each life....all that that would bring.....


Until next time.

Pam

Finally :)

Hello All!


Well, today begins a brand brand new chapter...


Max William Martins arrived at 9:29 am....weighing in at 8lbs. 11oz. and measuring 53 centimeters..

Needless to say....he is loved beyond words.....
Mom and baby are doing wonderfully.

Until next time, and with great joy!

Pam

Here we go!

Morning All!


A beautiful new person will arrive either late tonight or sometime tomorrow....Anne and her husband Patrick and their doctor have decided tonight is the night...enough already baby...time to see the world!

A cosmic shift....

Until next time,

Pam