THE BIG 1.0

Yesterday Vanessa turned 1. She crawls like a demon, can say a few words particularly "dada" and is pretty cute. The part that I like best is she isn't afraid of me. You see I remember back in the 50's my family and the Weger family were close friends. Dad was the basketball coach and Jake was the football coach. Legend has it the he briefly was with the Chicago Cardinals. Any way he was a very large man, in fact when he died that had to bury him in a piano case rather that a coffin. He would come over to our house and my parents would give Jeannine and Jennifer to hold when they were little and they would scream and wail. He then would sheepishly give them back to my Mom. I have had some of the same reaction so I am relieved that "Nessa" is not afraid of her Granpa. Since I am not ready to turn 60 can you imagine turning 1. What would be your thinking "wow am I glad to be one, those 0's were murder."or "well I am not happy about being 1, its so depressing to be so old."