Grandparents' Day at School: Unending Love, Amazing Grace

Today I experienced my first official grandparents' day school event ... and then some.

My oldest granddaughter is 6-years-old and in full day kindergarten.  Her twin sisters will turn four in about a month and attend preschool at the same parish school.  Today was a big deal for them.  After dismissal, we were going to get ice cream.

The church was packed and we ended up sitting in the back section where it was hard for the little people to see what was happening. 

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It was time to start and one of the twins held her arms up for me to lift her higher so she could get a better view.  During the readings, she stayed on my lap.  She was wearing a pink dress - the same color pink that Kitty has on in her 3-year age progressed photo.  Both dresses are near sleeveless.

For a few moments, while cuddling little J (my son's girls are nicknamed with their initials), I had this eerie feeling that I was holding Kitty.  I stayed still, held tight and savored the short time I felt her presence there with us.  It took more than three years for me to receive the precious gift of knowing she is with me.  What an awesome feeling - Kitty is sitting on my lap!

This is the same church where Kitty and her cousins were baptized together .... the triplet cousins.  It is just so right that this is where I would have this awesome experience.

We sang 'Amazing Grace - My Chains Are Gone'.  If you aren't familiar with this version, it ends with the words, 'unending love, amazing grace.'

Maybe some of you have already experienced your grandchildren's presence.  Many of you may still be waiting.  I was beginning to wonder if it would happen for me.  Then, when I least expected it - spending grandparents day with my sons' children at their church school - Kitty was there and it made such perfect sense.