Pic of the week: Smiles and relief
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Brayden is all smiles and relief upon finally getting his preferred continuous glucose monitor and becoming his mom’s “own Ironman,” as she put it.
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Our final grandchild!
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He’s here! He’s here!
Our final grandchild has arrived!
Introducing Robert Allen, son of our oldest daughter Brianna and her husband Patrick, baby brother to Benjamin and James.
Read MoreBrayden, T1D, and a warning for grandmas
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It’s taken me more than a month to figure out how to share this news. It’s serious and breaks my heart, yet I don’t want to come across as despaired. I hope to warn others but wish to not seem alarmist. And I want to share the challenge confronting my oldest grandson and his parents every single day forever going forward without suggesting I have any doubt they’re up to it.
My daughter, Megan, is so up to it, in fact, that she provided me the perfect tool by which I can share the news without racking my brain for the right words, right sentiment. That tool being the video below.
See, my grandson Brayden, the active and healthy 12 year old who first made me a grandma, who …
Read MoreThree for two: Celebrating Benjamin's birthday
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My youngest grandson (not counting the one due in November) turned two years old on Saturday. Benjamin celebrated his big day in the most fall-like way with a visit to the Pumpkin Farm.
Being a fall baby comes with the benefit of fabulous weather for marking the occasion, and Benjamin got full advantage of that, with his official birthday outing to the pumpkin farm bookended by a couple other outdoor festivities.
Read MoreBoy grandma!
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Boy grandma!
So, with everything that’s been going on lately (including my sister unexpectedly passing away), I just realized yesterday that I had not shared here the gender of Brianna’s baby.
Well …
Plus GRAND Social No. 401 link party for grandparents…
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