Grandfathers

My friend, Jane, said grandfathers are love and time to spend it. Baby Jenny didn’t say anything; she just gurgled and cooed as she nestled contentedly in her grandfather’s lap. My camera caught the moment in a photo that I captioned “Mutual Admiration Society”. Grandpa and Jenny smiling at each other We had it enlarged and framed; that photo expressed it all: love between a grandfather and his granddaughter.

We were so blessed that our children’s maternal grandparents lived practically next door to us. This beloved grandfather let our three six to eight-year old boys “help” him as he hand-saw...