Saturday, February 21, 2009

Come Together

This blog is for you, my grandchildren. It's posted by me, your grandfather on the Swoyer side of the family.

You were born into large, extended families. As of today and this post, there are two of you, Henry and Elliot, born in '08. I would suspect we'll have new members to this exclusive club at points down the road.

I'll keep this up for as long as I can. I expect to live to 100, so we have time (I'm 58). If I make it to 100, Henry and Elliot will be in their 40s when we celebrate my big birthday. Everyone is invited and I want to thank my kids in advance for throwing me such a wonderful party!

I can provide you with only my perspective of you and your lives. But I hope to be able to introduce you to many people and things you should know. If I miss someone or something immediately, give me time.

This weblog is the result of so many, many things falling into one place. Some of those things:
  • a lifetime of wanting to write but fearing there was little to write about
  • two great daughters marrying wonderful mates
  • a special request -- from one of those daughters -- for personal words to describe how I feel about being a grandpa
  • my son's own blog and his gift for writing.
It's fascinating how things come together to form something else, something so beautiful. Like grandkids.