congratulations, louisa!

and thanks for the great poem, lion!

my first and only grand is now 9 months old and a total joy. her middle name is melissa, for our daughter who died at age 13. one day when i was rocking her, she got very still and just stared at the 8 x 10 of our daughter for several seconds. then she broke out in the most joyful smile! it was like she suddenly recognized her auntie and made my heart warm...