Christian, Jamie and Allie spend a good part of the day, hanging out with Grandpa. Allie is catching on how to wrap the men in her life around her little finger, with nothing more than a very deep gaze and a cute smile or pucker. It is truly a wonder how the nonverbal interaction is so expressive -- and Allie does a good job of keeping some of the communication to herself -- so onlookers are always guessing. Missy came by to drop off a letter -- she had tried to confuse the Post Office with the number of the house. I really didn't understand why they could not deliver it to the house -- she knew where it was and silly little things like a string of numbers shouldn't make that much difference. It was great fun answering the door holding Allie -- who wasn't sure who this new face was -- but when she looked at her Grandpa, she would smile.
Also took Allie for a ride in the scooter -- she was very ready to drive it and thought it was great fun standing on the footrest and bouncing around the back yard.
Lunch with the kids was special -- just because we were together and Allie was playful and talkative (not making words just yet, though she has been known to say the ever popular "da-da" and "ma-ma"). Of course, it is her nature to not do those kind of things on demand: only when she wants to!
Showed the kids the pix that Buzzy sent. Made them into a slide show with some background music. A first -- I was able to look at the picture of the Urn (box) with only a small catch in my throat. The pictures are really great, and capture the full range of emotion that was part of the celebration. Looked at the slide show again after the kids left -- and realized the my new friends lost and alone are still very present and accounted for. Didn't help that I also merged some pix from Josh's seventh birthday that caught Grandma is several loving poses. Later watched our favorite TV shows -- thank goodness her Lazyboy is still in the living room -- it was a little easier looking over and not seeing her.
I hope that when Lee comes by tomorrow he will help me upload some pictures and documents. I expect to create some pages on this blog with the pix from the three events, the handouts, and still have room to archive other things.
Wish I had Danny's and Lee's skills in using words to express this wild world of feeling I am experiencing. Maybe that will come with time. Till then, I'm trying to stay in the moment and let every feeling have its time and presence. May be a little wacky, and interfering with clear and linear thinking, but I have a right to be wacky -- that is part of me right now.
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