Right when my grandmother died, my sister went into labor with her first son. Happened on the same day. Coincidentally the same day I started Kindergarten – must have been a memorable day for my mother.

In February, my father-in-law passed away and we found out that our oldest son and daughter-in-law had gotten pregnant with #4 at about the same time. You wonder how much of the spirit of the deceased person is poured into the new child.

My oldest son is SO much like my father. Sometimes, my Mom and I would watch him and then look at each other and just laugh….