SUNDAY MEMORIES
Judy Wills
Reblog
I wrote this back in 2013, so these “grandtwins” are in their late teens now.
In previous musings, I have mentioned our “grandtwins.” I would like to think that I coined that phrase, since I’ve never heard anyone else use it. But that’s probably rather vain of me to think so. However, they are our grandchildren, and they are twins.
Our youngest daughter and her husband went through the very expensive InVitro process to have their children. And we are thrilled with the results of that process. Our grandtwins are delights to our lives. There are 15 years between our older grandchildren and our grandtwins, so I’m afraid these cousins won’t be very close to each other, and that hurts our hearts. However, our grandtwins were both in our oldest grandson’s wedding just a few short weeks ago, and they are all quite familiar with each other.
But the birth of the twins was quite an experience – for us all. Our daughter (Janet) called to say that the twins would probably be born within a few days via C-section, as she had developed toxemia. The twins would be born about six weeks early. Fred immediately called and made airplane reservations for us for a couple of weeks out, staying one week.
However, we had a call from our oldest daughter (Karen), that her husband insisted that someone from the family be there for the delivery, it should be at least her, as well as me. So Fred called and changed my reservation to the following day. It was to be a surprise to Janet. Janet called Fred’s cell phone as he was driving me to the airport, and was surprised to hear my voice instead of his. She seemed quite disappointed to learn that “we” wouldn’t be coming up for another week. When I hung up, I rubbed my hands together and said, “Oh, this is going to be GOOD!”
Karen flew in first, rented a car, and picked me up at the airport. We, of course, got lost trying to find the
Our arrival was such fun. Karen and I had planned it all out on the way. She would walk into the room first and greet her sister. Then she would say, “I picked something up at the airport that I thought might make you smile.” That was my cue to walk into the room.
Well, it worked. However, Janet hadn’t seen her sister in over a year…..Karen had let her hair grow…..Janet was in pregnancy “fog”….. and she actually didn’t recognize Karen at first. She said to herself, “I know this person. Who is it?” It wasn’t until Karen was at her bedside that she recognized her and exclaimed, “It’s Karen!!” After they hugged, Karen said her prepared speech, and I walked in. Opened mouth – Janet was speechless! I had anticipated hugs and laughs, but instead got hugs and tears. It was quite an emotional time.
Later, Janet was taken into surgery, and those two beautiful babies were born. God is good.
God is with you in everything you do.
Genesis 21:22
Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years .
Judy has always been involved with music, both playing the piano and singing. Always interested in exercise, she was an aerobic dancing instructor, as well as a piano teacher for many years, and continues to faithfully exercise at home.
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