Hey! You Got Eyeballs In There?<\/p>\n
By Kate Chamberlin<\/p>\n
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As Grace grows up, some of her stories are happy, some trying, some enlightening, and a few themes are sad, but, they\u2019re all the warp and woof of what goes into the tapestry of life we call Family. The daily living skills and techniques demonstrated by the fictional characters in these stories are valid, tried and true.<\/p>\n
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#33. The Wedding<\/p>\n
\u201cThe head is crowning,\u201d the delivery room nurse said. \u201cLook at all that brown, curly hair.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBrown?\u201d Grace said between panting. \u201cThe boys were tow-heads. Is this one a girl?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe sure is,\u201d the Ob-Gyn said as Marion slipped out into our world with a lusty yell at the inconvenience of it all.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, now we have three children,\u201d Ken said through his paper mask. \u201cShe sure is loud for such a little girl.\u00a0 I\u2019ll bet she\u2019ll live up to her name-sake, Marionella!\u201d<\/p>\n
Later, when all the hub-bub had settled down, Grace nursed little Marion as Ken looked on with pride.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt sure was different this time,\u201d he said. \u201cRemember when William was born?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI sure do,\u201d Grace said, letting their new born grasp her finger. \u201cThey really didn\u2019t want you in the delivery room at all when he was born.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis time, they were frantic that I\u2019d be too late to see the birth,\u201d\u00a0 Ken chuckled. \u201cTimes sure do change.\u201d<\/p>\n
They heard what sounded like a herd of elephants coming down the hospital hall and into their suite.<\/p>\n
\u201cHi, Sis,\u201d Sandy said. \u201cThese little buggers wanted to come meet their sister now, and they meant right now!\u00a0 So, here we are.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWilliam and Paul, come closer,\u201d Grace said. \u201cThis is Marion. Would you like to feel how strong she can grip your finger?\u201d<\/p>\n
Well, of course they did.<\/p>\n
\u201cLook at those little toes,\u201d Paul said. \u201cAnd she\u2019s got ten of them, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHer lips look like a little rose bud,\u201d William observed.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid we drink milk like that when we were born?\u201d Paul asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, you dufus,\u201d William chided. \u201cAll healthy babies drink their mother\u2019s milk.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace burped the baby and Ken handed her to Uncle Sandy, the real reason why they were here.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe sure is tiny,\u201d Sandy said. \u201cYou were so big, I thought you had at least three kids and a basketball in there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace shook her head and smiled indulgently at her older, rough tough\u00a0 bro holding her tiny infant in his big hands.<\/p>\n
The next afternoon, Joe and Edie came carrying a huge, hand-made grapevine basket loaded with all kinds of baby things.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know she\u2019s not your first baby,\u201d Edie said. \u201cBut, she\u2019s your first girl and they\u2019re special.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah,\u201d Joe said. \u201cThere\u2019s smelly powder, a Baby Bach CD, tiny little diapers with smiley faces on them that disappear when they get wet, and\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe get the idea,\u201d Ken laughed. \u201cWould you two be her God Parents?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t need to discuss that,\u201d Edie said \u201cIt\u2019s a no brainer.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d Joe said without skipping a beat.<\/p>\n
Grace and Ken enjoyed their candle lit steak dinner at the hospital that evening, because there was no question about Marion going home with them in the morning.<\/p>\n
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