It is two nights before Christmas and I am surrounded by 12 grandchildren, three of our own and nine of my daughter in law’s sister’s families. They are of age of one to nineteen and all call me Grandpa although their other grandpa, real one to all, is present.
The day has been one of awe, seeing the cows on the dairy farm across the road and one of chaos, opening of Christmas gifts. There has been plenty of food and lots of imaginative game playing, especially before the toy gifts were open.
I noticed many of teens and adults checking out their smart cell phones. I have to plead guilty to being one of them, with the desire to play with my new one. I forgot to mention there are three dogs around the house, my son’s family dog and her two parents that came up with one of the families. My son’s dog and her mother seemed to have unresolved issues.
Looking back on the day the most relaxing part for me was taking the younger children to see all the cows, across the road, a new born baby cow, young cows, mother and milking cows. Cows seem to have a way of lighting up the face of a child,perhpas in a small way how the baby Jesus lit up the world. Christmas cows certainly lit up this day for me.
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