Blessed
Sophie is spending the night with my grandparents. In some ways, that seems totally normal to me. I've spent countless nights with Mee Maw and Big Dad. Many of my very best childhood memories include my time with them. But they aren't Sophie's grandparents, but rather her great-grandparents. I mean, how many kids get to spend that kind of time with their great-grandparents? I remember spending a few days in "the country" where my great-grandparents lived, which was amazing, but even at that I don't think I was nearly as close to them as Sophie is to Mee Maw and Big Dad. In some ways, I feel a little sad when I watch my grandparents with my children because they are no longer the larger-than-life, always-on-the-go, way-more-fun-than-your-parents couple they used to be. Mee Maw and Big Dad took me on my first trips to Washington D.C., New York, LA, and Las Vegas. And that's just the beginning of the adventures we went on together. In my years at Alab...