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Dennis S

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In anticipation of a new life and being a grandma.

And to our kids-who, so often, live too far away to suit grandmas and grandpas. I ran this by Barb, my editor of 37 years. She made some formatting changes & said to add a picture, both of which I have done. The next 45 days will be momentous. We can?t wait, grandma Karlynn.


We plant our feet and try to stand,
sometimes on rock, but sometimes sand is what we find,
beneath our feet, between our toes.

The rock is stable, safe & true.
But sand can move-it swirls and flows.
Sand can polish, sand can hide-
the smallest crack lets sand inside.

Would you like sand, or is it rock that fits your mood-
we stand on both-we smile, we brood.
There is a secret to the sand.
It?s true it blows across the land,
but it returns, and you will find it nestles in the rock from which it came.

Sand and rock-these are our lives.
Sand and rock and we survive.
So what is grandma, sand or rock?

Grandma says, ?I have been sand, I have been rock.
Where rock is needed there will be none so sure as me.
The little one may nestle in my clefts,
and she, her mom and dad will have whatever I possess that they may need?.

There will be time to swirl and flow.
Time for me, and time for them.
But they will always have a rock,
their mom and grandma, strong and true.

?There is a secret to the sand.
It?s true it blows across the land,
but it returns, and you will find it nestles in the rock from which it came?.
 
I am wiping away more than a few tears.

Dennis, this is just amazing.
 
What a lovely tribute to Karylnn and all grandmothers- thanks for sharing!
 
Dennis - my heart-felt thank you. You really have no idea. I worked all day today and had a traffic-filled commute home with lots of time to think. I just walked in the door feeling very sorry for myself; that my new granddaughter is going to be a 9 hour drive away, that her other grandparents will only be a 15 minute drive away (yes, I'm a green-eyed monster to top it off), that my daughter is a 4 hour drive in the opposite direction. That she didn't think to ask for Sunday off this weekend so she could spend some time with her brother, me and Dad. (We're having a baby shower for Lauren and Derek, so they will be in.) Basically I walked in the door in a really, really cranky mood and now I sit here with a tissue, just having a nice little cry and thanking God for such dear friends.

And the photo - oh my - it quiets my troubled heart.

I think of you with your precious gem in Puerto Rico and more family in Minnesota and know that I was just having a moment of not seeing how grateful I should be for the family I have, no matter where they live. Thank you (and please give my thanks to your editor-in-chief as well). I've now snapped out of my pity party.

Ross dear, there's plenty of my heart to go around.
 
My backyard.....

My backyard.....

Dennis..... it looks like you took this picture about 45 miles south of my house. :D If its not Shiprock.... it sure looks a lot like it.

I loved the poem too..... my grandson was born about four months ago. It's a wonderful thing.... being Grandma.
 
Picture:

Picture:

You are right about the picture location. There is a story behind that picture that I decided not to include because I was afraid it would seem a little sappy, but here it is. The one thing I had always wanted to see was the Grand Canyon, especially before heart surgery. But: Surgery came upon me pretty quickly. Barb was in North Carolina for the birth of our daughter, and to help with the baby while our daughter prepared for, took & passed the bar exam. Our daughter's husband had been deployed to Iraq, and we made a family decision that Barb needed to be in North Carolina. I wanted Barb there with me when I went to the Grand Canyon. I went to surgery saying that was the first thing I wanted to do as soon as I was able to walk comfortably.

So we were driving down a lonely road, music playing, hearts rejoicing, heading for the Grand Canyon. Suddenly, there was shipwreck rock. I wasn't expecting it, but there was no mistaking it. Not only was it there, but the lighting seemed perfect. You could have waited weeks for such perfect light. It seemed like our own special gift. There was no one around, not a single sign of life. I was thrilled with the picture, and it is more meaningful to me than any of the other pictures I have taken. In fact, I never intended to put that picture in any of the "picture polls" I have occasionally published, because, given all the circumstances it is, to me, unique.

But, when I finished the poem, and Barb said to attach a picture, I knew immediately what that picture would be.
 

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