My mother just rolls her eyes at me (by email, these days), but she did say once that she didn’t realize how much good I was doing until many of her friends or guests mentioned that, having two, three, or even four children of their own, they didn’t have any grandchildren!
I know my aunt and uncle were about to despair before one of my (three) cousins finally had a child, not long before Frank was born. And they were born Catholic, too, not wandering in through the dimensional gullet. (That’s from another thread ...)
Tom plans to make sushi. He might have tried it tonight, but he forget to get the seaweed at the Asian grocery store, so it will have to wait until he gets back from his weekend campout. He can practice with the rice, first, anyway. A useful ambition, imo ... and the Asian grocery will sell him a live fish out of the tank, once he’s mastered some techniques using “krab.”
We've never made sushi, but I don't think it's terribly difficult. I think the tricky part is mastering the bamboo thingy that resembles a placemat.
My parents came from large families, particularly my dad. I have many first cousins. We all grew up with the notion, large families were a blessing, and were always proud at the size of ours.
No one had to wait long for grandchildren. That's rarely the case any more. I'm sure you won't either, TC.