Happy Birthday, Kitty Rose! Here's 'Two' Us

On Wednesday, April 25, 2012, Kitty was born. 

She would be four years old today.

Because Kitty's birthday falls on a Monday, Mandy and her family celebrated yesterday.  She, son-in-law, Belle and the two youngest kidlets - the Dasher, 2 1/2 and the Basher, 5 months - packed a lunch, bought a cake and visited the cemetery for a picnic. 

Then the cake came with them to grandma and grandpa's house and we recalled that happy day four years earlier when Kitty came into our world.  She was not a beautiful baby by any means, but she was different from any of my other grandchildren in one very special way.  She was - and still is - Mandy's second child.

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My maternal grandmother had three sisters.  I know she wasn't the eldest or the youngest, so it's possible that she was the second daughter in her family.  My mom was a second daughter.  I am my mom's  #2.  Mandy is my second child.  And Kitty is Mandy's second baby.   Quite a streak we had going. 

In the grand scheme of life, it doesn't mean anything.  It's one of those odd little facts that no one else would think about ... and if they did, they wouldn't care.  But, to me, Kitty was more like me ... like Mandy ... like my mom ... than any of my other grandchildren will ever be.  We're the "Twos".  

What better time to ponder the succession of 'twos'.  To remember my grandmother, mother and granddaughter and to be grateful for the life they gave to me and for the children and grandchildren I have been given.

So, here's 'two' you, Kitty, as I celebrate for the time you spent with us and wish you a very Happy 4th Birthday!