Grandma Madge: Time Stand Still!

With all of the happy news in our family, you'd think we'd be complete.
But now there is a new member of the extended clan,
and Aunt Madge, of Camp Aunt Madge fame, has become Grandma Madge.

My nephew and his wife announced the arrival of their daughter, Lily Marie, during the week of Hannukah. Here she is, on her birthday, being held by a very pleased Grandma Madge!

This makes my mother a great grandmother, and me a great aunt! Hmmm. Madge doesn't really look like a grandma . . .

We're too young for these extended titles.
I thought Mother of the Bride (MOB), my new working title, quite mature enough.

My, but the wheel of the years seems to be turning faster and faster. Tomorrow I will enter the tail-end of the fifth decade of my life. Whoa, girl! What's the hurry? "Freeze this moment a little bit longer . . ."





"I let my skin get too thin
I'd like to pause,
No matter what I pretend
Like some pilgrim --Who learns to transcend
--Learns to live
As if each step was the end . . .

"Summer's going fast, night's are growing colder,
Children growing up, old friends growing older . . .
Experience slips away,
Experience slips away . . .

"Freeze this moment a little bit longer,
Make each sensation a little bit stronger,
Experience slips away . . .
The innocence slips away . . ."
Rush, Hold Your Fire