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It's 3:30 a.m. Leicester time, and my daughter's water has just broke, so we will be enroute to the hospital at anytime to welcome either Lily Grace or Liam Wesley into this world. I'm sending this now as I can't predict when I will resurface again for air!
I lost a baby many years ago on October 23rd, and there was always the possibility that this child would be born on the 23rd; April and I have even been joking about it this past week, as a form of comedy relief. But my daughter and first grandchild have hung in until well after midnight, and I'll be a grandmother for the first time at some point today, on the 24th.
__________________ Few take the trouble to understand or to view the American scene with perspective. And we Americans love to find ourselves guilty of something. However, it is never I who am guilty, but those other Americans, the past or present government or the other political party. Americans almost never find other countries guilty. It is always ourselves or our fancied influence in other countries. Louis L'amour
__________________ "Any people with contempt for their heritage have lost faith in themselves and no nation can long survive without pride in its traditions"
Winston Churchill
As Dawna's neighbour in England I am passing on, at her request, the news that her granddaughter, Taylor Grace, has finally made an appearance...weighing in at 8lbs 3oz.
WOHOOOO!!!!!, hUZZAHH!!! YIYIYIY!!!! Another history buff on the way up! We eagerly wait a grandmothers bragging.
__________________ Few take the trouble to understand or to view the American scene with perspective. And we Americans love to find ourselves guilty of something. However, it is never I who am guilty, but those other Americans, the past or present government or the other political party. Americans almost never find other countries guilty. It is always ourselves or our fancied influence in other countries. Louis L'amour