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My Best Birthday Gift: Oh, Baby!
I have been told that I am a difficult man when it comes to birthday gifts. As I mentioned in my Birthday Blog, I am not a big fan of celebrating the day I was born since it is just another reminder that the clock is ticking. Of course, I should just be grateful that I have a clock that ticks at all.
This was really one of my BEST birthdays. The weather was wonderful and we ate outside. With the exception of some mosquitos that were also eating, the atmosphere was perfect. Good food. A warm, starlit evening with frogs peeping and family gathered around the table. Four of the five kids came, including three of the grandchildren. My youngest son is in San Diego and could not make it.
After the traditional singing of Happy Birthday (including a variation sung only by former employees of a local Mexican Restaurant -- three of the kids worked there during high school), I blew out eleven candles (each one counted as five years). Now, the gifts: A gift certificate for a book store (nice), Curb Your Enthusiasm DVD set (one of my favorite shows), a promissory note for two days of yard work (much needed), a custom-made copper fountain, and one mysterious little box presented by my only daughter (age 30).
I held the little box for a few minutes and noticed how light it was. I opened it slowly and found a tiny scroll inside - a note. What could this be? Slowly, I unwound the note and read the words that made this the best birthday ever. "Happy Birthday, Daddy. Your daughter is 9 weeks pregnant." Words cannot express my joy. My daughter is going to have a baby in December. Next year at this time, I will have another little grandchild sitting on my lap. Now that is a birthday gift!
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This was really one of my BEST birthdays. The weather was wonderful and we ate outside. With the exception of some mosquitos that were also eating, the atmosphere was perfect. Good food. A warm, starlit evening with frogs peeping and family gathered around the table. Four of the five kids came, including three of the grandchildren. My youngest son is in San Diego and could not make it.
After the traditional singing of Happy Birthday (including a variation sung only by former employees of a local Mexican Restaurant -- three of the kids worked there during high school), I blew out eleven candles (each one counted as five years). Now, the gifts: A gift certificate for a book store (nice), Curb Your Enthusiasm DVD set (one of my favorite shows), a promissory note for two days of yard work (much needed), a custom-made copper fountain, and one mysterious little box presented by my only daughter (age 30).
I held the little box for a few minutes and noticed how light it was. I opened it slowly and found a tiny scroll inside - a note. What could this be? Slowly, I unwound the note and read the words that made this the best birthday ever. "Happy Birthday, Daddy. Your daughter is 9 weeks pregnant." Words cannot express my joy. My daughter is going to have a baby in December. Next year at this time, I will have another little grandchild sitting on my lap. Now that is a birthday gift!
Related Topics: Aging Well May Mean Mind Over Matter, Healthy Aging
Technorati Tags: birthdays, grandchildren, aging
8 Comments:
Congrats on the new grandchild-to-be!
now this is great news! your grandchild is going to be lucky to have you.
Congrats!
But you know, there's only one problem with that gift - the "last year" rule. You have to top last year's present...how would she do that? Twins?!
My grandmother always said "I love grandchildren - you can spoil them, love them, then send them home."
I will have to post another blog update, but I am sorry to say that my daughter lost her baby over the weekend.....she had a spontaneous miscarriage, lost a lot of blood, and had to have a surgical procedure (D&C). She is doing fine physically, but the emotional impact will take a bit longer to heal. As you might imagine, we are all really sad about this unexpected turn of events. Although nature has infinite wisdom in these matters, it does not make it any easier.
Thank you so much for your kind words.....
Dear Dr. Moser,
I'm so sorry to hear this news. My thoughts are with your daughter, you and all your family during this sad time.
Oh, Dr. Moser, I'm so sorry.
Our prayers are with you and your family.
My condolances on your daughter's loss of the Little One. The same thing happened to my 38-yr old daughter, who already has one of each., so I can empathize with you. It's traumatic for all concerned. She also had the usual D&C, follwing quite a lot of loss of blood. After the procedure, her healing did not go well, and she lost more blood, which worried my obstetrically nurse- trained wife and her O.B. quite a lot.But, with further meds and rest, she has recovered, but is still fatigued. This would be bad enough, but she is a really fine Chiropractic Physician, whose patients really miss her minstrations. Happily, her husband is also a very talented Chiropractic Physician as well(he treated me as a student, and was Class Top Clinician), so the Clinic carries on.
Their little four-year old daughter said of the lost baby: "Now he doesn't hurt anymore- Jesus is taking care of him." No need to wonder why the Messiah loved little children so much!
I'm so sorry!
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