Can You Feel It?......... posted 11/7/2009 9:23:56 AM | 6 kudos what's this?     report abuse

ragtopcookie

Can you feel it yet........the holidays getting closer......the weather getting colder.....im the kind of person that believes thanksgiving first....then christmas......ive instilled it in my kids....i think its important.....my family is kind of scattered this year.....mom is down south.....dad lives alone now.....and my son is down in Orlando..... but i do have a new addition this year......my daughters boyfriend jake....hes lived with us since early summer.....and ive got another announcement to make.....ive got a grandchild on the way......have to admit......at first...i wasnt really happy about it.....its not the way i had my daughters life planned......school first.....then job.....and then this.....but you know what they say about the best layed plans ....i find myself walking around the toy department at walmart.....first time in many years......and thinking......not only was i born to be a father......but one day.....a grandfather as well......and i plan to be the best that i can be......now that the shock has worn off......ive excepted what cant be controlled or planned for.....a new addition to our family.......its funny......the small town i live in......once the news got out that my daughter was with child......everybody asked me if the father was still alive.....several times.....when i was out running around with jake......from our family doctor......to the lady that runs the local gas station......told him how lucky he was to still be alive......guess they all know me so well.....it is what it is folks.....my grandbaby will be here sometime next june......funny how that works out......we have four birthdays in that month already.....im not one to look at something as a sign......thats always been for chick flicks in the movies........for me....this is more of a ready or not......here it comes.......and what really brings the tears to my eyes is the fact that they both decided to give the babies middle name....mine.......michael or michelle......my name will be extended past my own......and even past my children......to the next generation.......happyness has finally touched this father.........cookie

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