She's all grown up. This coming Saturday my twenty three year old baby girl will be getting married.
Wow.
Weirdly amazing, somehow.
It really does seem very difficult to imagine; only - wow, not too long along, I was getting married to my pregnant girlfriend, two months later I was holding our baby in my arms.
And now-
Now, I'm a grandfather holding my baby's baby; getting ready for a wedding...
I have never really had any ill feelings toward Elizabeth; I think its just that we're "too much alike," and how I imbued her with a certain brashness to be accepted-most of all to herself. Too hard? I have always been afraid. Afraid of the resopncibility, of being a "Dad",(Wow, the pedestal image of my own). But now looking back on it all I guess I did- I guess WE did alright.
Yeah. Elizabeth is pertty special. Atractive, smart, witty. I'm very proud of our daughter; the wheel truns us along toward another chapter in the story of our lives.
I remember when, it was now...
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Congrats, Grandpa!
ReplyDeleteI'll be linking to you too!
I remember the day you told me that Alice was pregnant as if it were yesterday. I remember the look in your eyes as you expressed your fear and your joy, as you wondered aloud if you were up to the challenge.
ReplyDeleteAs the years passed I watched as you never faltered in your devotion to your wife and daughter. I watched as you sacrificed, struggled and did whatever was necessary to provide for your family. I've always admired you for that. In so many ways you, like my own dad, have been an example to me of what a man and father should be. I always hoped that if I should ever become a dad I would show the strength and resolve that are such a part of your character.
You say that you and Elizabeth are alike. If you have instilled within her a part of yourself, then you should have no worries for the future of your growing family. She will always choose the right, always do the good and always put the needs of her children above her own, for that is the example you have set.
Congratulations. I am happy for you and proud of you. I have been, and always shall be, your friend.