His Grandma Hoffer lamented that she couldn't see him very well. She had to rely on others' descriptions of his outfit and his facial expressions. But as soon as he went into her arms, he began to smile...and sleep. Perfectly content. And Grandma didn't want to give him up!
Grandma Wilson was just in awe of Will the whole time she saw him while we spent the weekend together in Dayton. She couldn't believe she was able to see and hold her great grandson! She noted that she finally understood how special it was for her grandmother to have lived to see her great grandchildren. Grandma couldn't take her eyes off of Will and wanted to be looking at him or holding him every minute he was awake and not nursing. She held him and sang to him the same songs she had sung to me when I was a baby.
What a neat experience to see the two lives together--a life at the very beginning of existence and a life nearing the end. There is so much that our grandmothers have seen...and there is so much that Will will live to see that they cannot imagine. And in this time of overlap, there is much joy.
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