It Is Good To Be Here

After a long car trip (actually we were only on the road a little better than two hours but with babies and children any car trip seems like forever) we arrived at Grandma and Poppa's house. The children were eager to escape the confines of the car and get to the serious  business of visiting with beloved great grandparents. With great delight Grandma and Poppa were surrounded by two generations of grandchildren and three of their 6 children. We were all there in each stage of life from breastfeeding to elderly. Beautiful. Is this a foretaste of Heaven? Yes most certainly and we praise the good Jesus for allowing such a wonderful gift.

It is amazing to me the immediate connection that small children have to the elderly. Poppa was busy keeping count of the children and listening to chatter from every corner of the room. At one point Elizabeth, age 6, gave Poppa a detailed explanation of how one becomes 'electrified'. :-) She of course was relating the latest information she had gathered from a recent program on the dangers of staying out of doors during a thunderstorm. Poppa listened with intent, as though he had no idea that such dangers were present in the world. 

Little people were fascinated with all things elderly from the wheelchair to the cane. Poppa was patient with each one of them and insisted that they were never in the way or underfoot. 

Grandma was an inspiration as she displayed an energetic and purposefulness in making certain everyone was fed and cared for. She has always been the first one to arrive to her daughter's homes when births or crisis happen. I have often said that she can 'work me into the ground'. 

In the end we ate pizza and all enjoyed the fancy fixin's that Grandma added to the pizza meal. 

The car ride home was very, very quiet. All were asleep except the driver. Thank you Megan.

The month of October is the time when the Catholic church takes the time to draw attention to the overwhelming gift of Life by celebrating conception to natural death. I can say that we did our part and feel completely grateful and equally overwhelmed by the Lord's great mercy and goodness.