Moving Fast!

Life has moved so quickly...I need to stop and catch my breath...but there is just no time. The last couple of months have been a swirl of activity. Amy has been the center of all the excitement. It has been her time! There were showers, parties, appointments to keep and lists to check off. Just when you thought the "to do" list was checked off another appeared. Through it all we tried to remember to have fun. Although there were times we wondered! And now....it is all over and a memory. I blinked...and the wedding was over!

Amy was a breathtaking bride...and Greg was a man in love. His face when he saw her was priceless. It was the face a mother wants to see when she is looking at the man that will take care of her daughter. The music was so beautiful...and meaningful. The words said were so precious...the vows so genuine. It was a magical evening....and then they were gone. One day she was our Amy and the next day...she belonged to another. It is the way it should be...but it feels a little sad. Maybe it is because she is our baby...the last to leave the nest...or maybe it is because we just don't like the feel of change...but whatever it is there is just a little niggle of sadness.

During the whirl of activity...Katie whispered that she and Charles are once again expecting. They are hesitant to shout it out this time...memories of the past prevent them from celebrating. Their joy is quieter and more sedate. They are anxious...but I feel at peace for them. I am betting on another granddaughter. Early January should be a special time once again for all of us. Amy and Greg will be settling here in town just in time for the new arrival. Time will creep and time will fly.

While the young ones are multiplying and building their futures...Papa is declining. We held our breath during the week of the wedding...not sure if he would make it. He did...even rallied enough to attend the wedding. He is frail and fragile. He will be 92 on Friday. His days are not long on this old earth and I think he longs to go on.

This year has been an amazing, exhausting journey! Funerals, weddings, births and graduations...have all marked moments in time that are to be recognized with life ceremonies. Jim and I held on tight...we've shed tears of despair and tears of joy. The middle of the sandwich has been squeezed! And we have survived to tell the tale of it! :)