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Genevieve

Her impish grin, her throaty voice: I clearly never had a choice. It's such a thrill to watch her grow; this precious thing, I love her so. And when we play at "Let's Go See", she truly seems enthralled with me: at what I share, at what we find; It's great to watch her little mind. Her eyes just sparkle at new things. A simple game, such fun it brings! We both could play it for an hour; What is that? A bird! A flower! And when she lays upon my chest, the world just stops, and I am blessed to be suspended, caught in time, just savoring the sweet sublime, and contemplating how I got a thing that money never bought: a precious girl, a work of art, attached quite firmly to my heart.

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Date: 3/24/2022 3:26:00 AM
This has to be a granddaughter "And when she lays upon my chest, the world just stops, and I am blessed" And you are RIGHT!
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Date: 3/20/2022 7:38:00 PM
How marvelous! I have great-grandchildren I have never met. My grandchildren lived too far away to get to enjoy them much, but occasionally we made trips from Virginia to New Mexico! They are truly charmers, aren't they?
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L Milton Hankins
Date: 3/21/2022 5:14:00 PM
Oh well, my grandchildren are grown now and are beginning to have children of their own. It's okay!
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Jeff Kyser
Date: 3/20/2022 7:51:00 PM
Oh man, that hurts my heart that you haven't had the opportunity to see the great grandkids. New Mexico is a long way. I have a granddaughter in St. George, Utah, and we don't get to see her very much at at all, so I feel very blessed to have 5 grandchildren close enough to walk.
Date: 3/20/2022 5:00:00 PM
I have two daughters, I know this joy, delightful, Jeff!
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Jeff Kyser
Date: 3/20/2022 5:17:00 PM
They are something else, aren't they? And grandchildren - that's a really special treat!

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