My Gems

 Happiness Is... Enjoying Little Things

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven. - Henry Beecher

As a mother and grandmother, I got the best seat to the greatest show in town - watching the girls and my grandkids grow up.

Top, left-right: FIRST DAUGHTER cuddled with her PA, Chicago

FAMILY and relatives at Christmas, New York 

Bottom, left-right: MUM CHIC. Mother’s Day, Phoenix

SWEETHEARTS Get A Perm. Casa Grande

The smallest moments with babies are the biggest joys.

FIRSTBORN GRANDCHILD's Baptism. Harris United Methodist Church. Honolulu, Hawaii. 2009

Don’t blink! They grow up too fast.

GRANDKIDS from Hawaii visit NEWBORN CUZ. Columbus, Ohio

 

Leftmost: BUCKEYE BABY

Left: FAVORITE GRAND/D was allegedly sick and had to stay at Grandma’s. Columbus, Ohio

Their little feet didn’t stay little forever.

Rub a dub dub. 

Three kids in a tub.

Grandkids make the world

a little softer,

a little kinder,

a little warmer.

Hawaii Grands visit Favorite Grand/D in Columbus. Photos shared by I.T.V.

Left: Look who turned three!

Right: Channeling Yoda. "Cute I am. Steal your heart... I will." - Yoda

They grew each day.

And each day,

they became a little taller...

 A little naughtier, and a little more curious...

But they never failed to amaze me

 a little more each day.

All grandchildren are brilliant, beautiful, and take after their Grandmother.

Left: FAVORITE GRAND/D at 6^th grade

Center: GRANDSON's 16^th birthday at Roy's

Right: FAV GRAND/D shows off streaked hair, braces off

BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS and GRAND/Ds

Left: The Obsessed Concert. Utah, 2025

Right: Toronto, 2024

GORGEOUS DAUGHTERS WITH

THEIR PA

Florida, July 2025

Metropolitan Museum. New York, 2025

 

These are the gems in my treasure box.

They will always be in all of my happiest places.