Kentucky Curmudgeon

Bella made her first visit to our house tonight. In case you didn’t know, she is our latest grandchild. She arrived on earth January 3rd at 8:36pm. Since then she has made a quiet yet profound impact, at least on me.

I sit here this minute watching her sleep feeling a mixture of envy and awe. Her small features and fresh skin, that new smell that only babies have. She also happens to have a disarming smile that has the power to make you go weak in the knees.

She has stirred feelings that have been dormant for some time now. For now, at least, the numbness has been replaced with a measured bliss.

Amazing the power a newborn can have on the aged. Of course it has a bit more impact knowing that some of my blood curses through her veins and some of Dads as well.

I guess we really never die…

As long as we have progeny we live on in them.

Watching her now makes me happy beyond words…and quietly anxious thinking of the world she’s just entered. Hoping that one day she too will sit and stare at her progeny with the same sense of wonder that I feel now.

As always…I must be off.