Though it is a couple of days late, this is the customary May 26th Blog that I Post for Darrel's Birthday. As some of you may know, I recently became a first-time Grandpa, with the safe arrival of Lauren and Jacob's daughter Hannah. We were able to fly out to Alberta last week for a couple of days to meet the newest member of my family. This kind of brings Full Circle, as we found out Lauren was pregnant when we flew out there in the Fall.
There are no accurate words to describe holding your grandchild, less than a week old, for the first time. Beautiful, Precious, and Perfect may come close, but there is so much more to it than that. On top of that, it was also something unbelievable and surreal to see my daughter hold her own daughter, as they begin a loving and caring bond that will never break. It brought back memories of when each of my kids were that small and helpless, and how I somehow stumbled through it all, not necessarily knowing what to do, or how to do what needed to be done. Love and patience are all you have to get you through these early days, and Lauren and Jacob certainly have that in abundance for Hannah.
Of course, at Family Milestones such as this, I am also painfully reminded of who is no longer around to share in everything as it is now unfolding. My mother would now be a Great Grandma, and Darrel would be an Uncle! There never will be a chance for either of them to hold this new Bundle of Joy, and never be a Photo taken with all of us together. It is a fact of life that these things occur over time, but that doesn't make it any easier when you stop and think about it.
At age 24, which Darrel would be today, would he be getting ready to start a family of his own, living on the other side of town or the other side of the country, wanting to go to a Blue Jays game with me, or even know how to fix my car (I'm not very mechanically inclined. Lauren and Jacob are, but they are out in Alberta now)??? These kind of questions and the "what ifs" never go away, but when a major event like this happens, you can't help to ponder how different it would be if certain loved ones had not been taken from us much sooner than they should have been, but that is Life.
Happy Birthday Darrel
Love and Miss You Little Man
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