The Grandaddy Letters – Pilgrim in Progress

Introducing – drum roll, please – our new grandchild. “Breathe on him, breath of God.”

A letter to our new grandchild. Geoffrey

A few words for grandchild number four (love is first a choice and then a commitment)

I love this combination of photographs. One end of the generational spectrum and the other. They are both wonderful images: Naomi grabbed the perfect Chamber of Commerce “isn’t Miami just the coolest place on earth?” picture of the children. Then I caught my parents in a light, loving moment on their deck here in…

5-Photo-Friday goes to Miami!

So far our grandchildren have embraced the adventure

Richmond to Miami – the first goodbyes

it's hard to let go of a real community

How “Joy” and “Belief” and “Grandchildren” are all related

This week’s key Advent word is “Joy.” Handy, then, that we had the grandchildren all weekend. Happy is one thing, “joyful” is another. These kids do joy. What I’m offering in this Monday morning post is accessible joy to get your week off to a great start. There is something called “child-like belief” I think…

so proud of our awesome grandkids

just come - the world needs us to do this right!

when light and love collide and God smiles…

light and promise always win!

Welcome to Earth, “Mr. T” #newbaby

GRANDCHILD NUMBER 3!!! Friday was an amazing day. So rich, so much, so many threads I could pick up. But – with the backdrop of Leipzig to this story – there is only one thing I really need to talk about today, and that is the highly-anticipated arrival into this world (at 6:22 German time)…