Oh Bob....it is grandSON. He will spend his second year of life with us. Dad is in the picture but will be deployed and has just found out he is a dad....long story.
He will pan out OK. This daughter had a rough start in life, coming to us at age 9.....is just learning about consequences......
I have two granddaughters....one is the baby of my volunteering vet, aged 15 months...nicely nuzzled into the safety of well employed devoted parents, nice little home, and 2 clans of doting relatives dating back to infinity....She has my eyes, and temperment....Grandpa calls this cutie 'Grumpus'.
The other granddaughter is 2 and has just moved in with me....oh, she brought her parents, as toddlers do, both unemployed.
This daughter had a rough start until we adopted her at age 10....so naturally she was a mother at 20.
Fortunately, she and hubby have done a pretty good job with this little girl who has found a very snug place in my heart! Well, ok....they all have. Daddy had to ride a bike to a temporary job today, because my car was in the shop, and it was raining and it was far away in town and he had to ride thru the countryside and got lost and had to go up the only hill in the county with a small bike stuck in one gear. Poor guy....pity the man who has to move in with his mother in law and ride a bike to work. Hey, he cooked dinner tonight too....he can't be all bad.
My hubby was 4F....shoulder joint issues...charcot joint or something...number 108. I do think he regrets not going....I don't regret him not going. He is a very sweet man and I don't picture him with a gun....me yes, him no. We are not a military family....it just happened.
Hubby's dad, was wounded at Saipan....and again at Tinean. Twice before they shipped him home, shrapnel and all.
He had a bit of forgetfulness in his last years and had to go to 'daycare' for a time. When asked how his day at day care was, he replied 'Don't worry about me, I can take it, after all, I was a Marine' lol. He never lost his wonderful Irish sense of humor to the end. Fabulous man. He is my role model for 'in-lawing'. He was the best.