Friday, March 21, 2014

Babies Are God's Way Of Saying That The World Should Go On



1.Babies Are God's Way Of Saying The World Should Go On
2. An Empty Place
3. Yes, Forwarding This Is Pretty O K

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         Babies Are God's Way Of Saying That The World Should Go On
                                                                                                      
                                   
An old saying seems to sum up how several of us feel after Tuesday. For the two of the “old ones,” it goes back a couple of months previous to yesterday as a little boy joined our clan.  At this point I need to interrupt myself and add in a couple of things. I know that I never interrupt myself so please bear with me for a minute. 

I have always liked kids. Even as a young person, who was not the best example of a model for Sunday School behavior, I liked kids and tried to work with them. I am sure this was a major part of my (almost) obsessive desire to become a school band director. My school band director and my university band director guided me and down in my core person I wanted to pass this on. That and the fact that the world cannot exist without music and I wanted to be a part of that. 

There was very little thought of having kids of my own. To get to where I am now wasn’t even close to being a part of my conscious thought. People grew up (or appeared to) got married and had kids. That is the way the world turned, it just happened so get out of my way I have some kids to teach. The thought of someday being an old man and being the patriarch of a large clan was not a thought that had time to enter my poor little brain. I was too young to know that there could be a perfect little boy who was the cutest, smartest and brightest little person on the planet. Then a little girl and another little boy came along and they matched all that the first one possessed except the girl was just absolutely, amazingly beautiful. By this time we had moved to Wewoka, OK and my life was complete.

Except real life doesn’t turn out that way. After I almost grew up I gave a good friend some advice. The startling part is that I made up this “saying” out of my own head and it is not only true but universal. Not meaning to brag because sometimes even a rookie coming in off the bench can hit a home run and this is what happened to me. A musician friend was very worried about his daughter having her first baby. She was too young, too inexperienced, too... fill in the blanks as a very distressed father whose baby girl seems to have grown up despite what he thinks. Wellsir, using well crafted words, (I know, amazing wasn’t it) I told him that love doesn’t diminish when there is more than one, it progresses exponentially. I said he would have more than enough love to go around and probably a lot left over. 

Which brings us up to Tuesday, March 18. 2014. Annison Grace was born about 8:30 A.M. and she is my fourth great grandchild. FOUR! Father’s Day has just gotten a lot more special. To think that when my first child was born there could not be any more love proved how naive I was.  All you parents and grandparents and great-grandparents know what I mean. All you others who haven’t gotten there yet have OH so much to look forward to. 

When we have family gettogethers it is loud, noisy, and chaotic. There are kids everywhere and they are becoming fast friends. So far, they really like being together and no, they do not have a choice, they have orders, “You Vill Haff Fun!” and with that they play, run, talk and we eat a lot. Fortunately we have a super great place at Sandbur Acres to have these events. The next event is on Bunny Cake Day and as Sandbur is in the country, there are many places to hide eggs. Just this past weekend I found an egg from last year. 

Yessir, I know that my family is not unique as this sort of thing goes on all over the world. By writing about myself maybe I can shine a light for those who do this and those who would like to. In movies we see families that get together and they are usually Irish or Italian. Just in case Hollywood is reading, other people also have family events. Hollywood most often shows dysfunctional families as nearly the norm. Wellsir, families can also get together in love and have a happy time.

This whole effort today is dedicated to those who are great grandparents, grand parents, parents or those who want to be. There are very few things more thrilling than to hear the door open and a second later hear a little voice say, “Where’s Pop?”  Hurry Madden and Annie, Pop is waiting.

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2. An Empty Place
     A Child fills an empty place in your heart you never knew was empty.
  
   
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## There seems to be a great deal of interest in bees now and I hope this continues. Some readers agree with this.

        **Greetings Chelsea. Like most things, we humans tend to take the "humble bee" for granted. Surely the massive amount of chemicals poured into everything these days must eventually take its toll! Good on you for being a " Beek" and I hope that future bees thrive and continue to bring you fascination and enjoyment. Hobby or occupation, it doesn't matter, we need them on this planet. Not sure if I know anyone who doesn't like honey and aren't we lucky to enjoy this delicious, golden harvest these busy little bees make and store! I think it is wonderful that you and other like-minded Beeks gather to share knowledge and find ways to ensure the survival of the humble yet magnificent Bee. By the way, I love your cartoon/photo in the intro to your column, excellent!
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BUNNY CAKE DAY is April 12 this year. Better make your plans now.
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                                                                                                                                  POP and Madden
Mom and Anniston Grace





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