Tuesday morning I awoke to Laura telling me over the phone "Dad, are you awake and ready? You have a granddaughter on the way and her name is Grace Ryan." Not ashamed to admit...this guy cried. There is no training school or online preparation classes available to be fully prepared for such beautiful words. So many of us have had our fingers crossed, good wishes spoken and serious prayers for some time in hopes that Laura and Pat's attempts to bring a little one into this world would be granted. It's still a work in progress with Grace's expected arrival to be in early May, but this week we learned Laura and Pat will have a little girl along with her given name. The fact that they chose to include Ryan is beyond special and speaks to the bond Laura and Ry have shared from Day One.
In 1978 I was the one that was dialing the phone to inform my folks the news of Laura's arrival and that my Mom's wish for a granddaughter was finally answered...she cried. I, on the other end of the phone at the time understood, at least I thought I did...however, not until thirty one years later did I really fully understand.
Five more months and we all can wrap our arms around our little Grace Ryan Clouse.
:)
2 comments:
Hey Rich-
Wonderful news!!!You will want to be there very often to hold the baby and get to know your grandaughter. I know marie must be thrilled too. We learned over Thanksgiving that vanessa and jeff are expecting a second child end of July. Delighted that you are going to be a grandfather now too. It is such fun
Love, m and S
Im so happy for all of you. Cant wait till lil Grace Ryan is here. Rami says we are going to go visit after she is born so Im so excited I will get to see Laura again. I bet being a Grandpa is gonna be great and your gonna be so good at it. :)
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