Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella

My grandson William Isaac Ackerman turned 1 last Sunday. My son and his wife hosted a videoconference for me so I could do my baby talk routine with my little buddy. I feel so blessed that my son and his brood have had both good health and kind fortune to start a family, pursue a very successful career, and now spend inordinate number of hours caring for William. You can see in the masthead pic he is as cute a button. He’s offering me a piece of birthday smush. I brag about him as should any proud grandparent about their kin. It’s a rite of passage.

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