Cruise to Panama Wendy, Abigail, Joesph, Herman, Max, Dorothy, Jessica
Four of our grandchildren were holding up the Chupah. Our little granddaughters were all dressed in beautiful white dresses. A couple of the younger ones carried baskets of flowers and they tossed petals all over the place. I was given a bouquet of flowers myself. Then, to top it off, with Rabbi Gold officiating, we had a wedding ceremony in which Herman and I renewed our vows. WINNING THE LOTTERY And things really have turned out right. I remember getting to a certain age and talking with Herman about becoming grandparents. He was looking forward to it. I was less enthusiastic. All I could think of was how tired I was from raising my kids and now I would have to be a babysitter for theirs. How differently I feel now. A long time after that conversation I was talking with my grandkids, Jay and Lauren. Jay was commenting on the fact that a man who won the PowerBall lottery was already very rich. He wondered how it was that it seemed like the rich always got richer. As he talked I began to realize that I had won a lottery of sorts. I said, “Jay, I won
the lottery.” He looked puzzled. I explained that I had 14 (at the time) grandchildren – each of them wonderful and special people. I told him that when his grandfather and I were first married we were just two people. Now we were a family of 23 and growing. I pinch myself every time I think about it. Herman and I thank God every day for winning the greatest lottery ever – our family. CARLY KNOWS Here is an example of what I am talking about when I say our grandkids are the best. When she was about six years old my grand- daughter Abigail and I were talking one day and I told her that she inherited the blue vein across the bridge of her nose from me. Very politely Abigail said, “I also got it from God and from my father.” I asked her where she learned this. “From Carly,” she said. As far as Abigail is concerned, her cousin Carly is the ultimate source of reliable information. Because Carly is in the gifted class at school, Abigail wants to do well in order to be in the same classes. But Carly isn’t the only smart one, they all are; at Jason’s Bar Mitzvah Rabbi Michael Gold 295
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