Rachel Turns 20!
parents are given a great gift
when each witnesses the coming into themselves
of God's next attempt to get it all right,
teachers can feel the gift, too, as they help that self-revelation,
as grandparents we joy even more surely
in the wonder that can be around each new corner
as each marvel of person progresses along the path,
our oldest grandchild is turning 20,
a sophomore in college,
a gift unto the world, and unto us,
her openness to experience, to ideas, to others,
overwhelms us with the fullness of her being herself,
of her enlarging herself,
of her realizing the daunting charge from the universe
to appreciate all that is,
and to be worthy of all those gifts life can reveal,
how wonderful it is that we still breathe,
and thus we are able to joy in more new days,
brightened by the light that is our granddaughter!
with love, from Granddaddy and Grandmama,
February 10, ‘25
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