New Life and Illness

    I am in love. Our little grandchild stole my heart tonight. He was born this afternoon and his name is Connor Flynn. He is so precious and dear. I wanted to protect him from the harshness of life. How do babies make it through all the testings, pokings and proddings they go through right after they are born? You would think they would get a complex.
    New life... then there is illness and death. When we got the news of our grandson being born, we were visiting friends. The lady is very ill and faces things I cannot imagine facing. Pain and early death. The pain is excruciating to the point that she has to go in every three months to get the pain blocked. She was so happy to hear of our grandchild. Their grandchild was born in December. She said it was God. It gave her a new lease on life. She has been ill for years but is a lot worse now. Anyway she always wanted to have a grandchild before she died. God answered her prayer. She also said that she has learned that when you give something to God, leave it there.
    Tonight when we were at the hospital Connor's other grandpa said to Jerry that having grandkids makes you realize that it is time for the younger generation to take over. To Jerry this was like a prophecy.
     What a lovely day! There was sorrow and there was joy and love. Love for old friends and love for a new member of our family.