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February 10, 2009<\/p>\n

This morning I took my almost-four-years-old grandson to school.<\/p>\n

His parents are out of town and though he spent the night with his maternal grandparents they both leave for work very early. So, I had the honor of driving to their home at 4:30 AM and being on hand when Tyler awoke around 7:00.<\/p>\n

He was very pleased to see me.<\/p>\n

“Oh, yeah!”<\/p>\n

Still wiping the sleep from his eyes he had suddenly remembered that I would be here for him this morning. He flashed a drowsy grin and ran to me, bare feet slapping the wood floor, his favorite soft baby blanket slung over one arm. His arms went up as mine went down and I lifted him high over my head. We hugged and smiled as is our habit and standard greeting.<\/p>\n

I guess he thinks I’m sort of special.<\/p>\n

At first, I just sat on the couch and held him on my lap, allowing him to wake up gently.<\/p>\n

I don’t like brisk, lively beginnings to a day. I like slow, quiet starts and I think Tyler does, too. At least this morning he did. I held him in my big, bear-like grandpa arms and spoke to him softly.<\/p>\n

“Did you sleep good?”<\/p>\n

“Yeah.”<\/p>\n

“Are you ready for a great day?”<\/p>\n

“Yeah!”<\/p>\n

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February 10, 2009<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We talked like that for maybe ten minutes, me asking leading questions designed to put him in a happy frame of mind, him responding affirmatively and with increasing animation. Finally, we decided it was time to get dressed and off to school with a stop at McDonald’s for breakfast.<\/p>\n

And that’s the way my day began. No big deal and yet quite remarkable.<\/p>\n

As I look back on nearly sixty years of life I am amazed at how little of it I remember with any degree of detail or certainty. I remember the big things but not much of the ordinary and that just makes sense, really.<\/p>\n

On a cold, dazzling-bright February morning Tyler and I ate hotcakes and sausage at McDonald’s surrounded by old men in ballcaps sipping coffee and solving the world’s problems.<\/p>\n

He’s not going to remember this.<\/p>\n

I will never forget it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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