Lucas, you are in the hands of the Lord.

Lucas is my sweet little man, my grandson. Unfortunately I am currently not able to watch him grow up to a handsome young man. I remember being able to hold him when he was born. It was only for a little time because he was born just a little early so he had to stay at the hospital. It was wonderful to see him come home for the first time in his life. He was small but you could tell that he was going to be the cutest little man born and he would steal your heart. Of all my grandchildren, Lucas was the only one that I was able to be there when he was born. What a wonderful gift. He was born 12/23/2008 just a couple days from Christmas. He was one of my best gifts that year. I became a Nana for the second time on 11/14/2008 with a granddaughter then I was blessed with Lucas. There is no way anyone could look at this picture of Lucas and just melt. He has the sweetest smile.

I was planning on visiting my granddaughters in September but due to physical complications I am not going to be able to visit with them at that time. I could go but I would not be able to play with the girls and be able to let mama and daddy have a night out since I cannot pick up much of anything. Only about 1 lb is my limit. I had so much that I wanted to do with them and be able to get to know them better since I live so far away.

One thing I know is that my oldest granddaughter has a very good memory so I was devising a plan so that she would accept the fact that Penguin would not be able to come up with me. She would wonder why he did not come with me so I planned that I was going to have a "I'm sorry" gift. Now that she is into My Little Ponies as well as Strawberry Shortcake, I was going to get a couple ponies as the gift with a card saying that he would be sure that he was on the next trip up to visit. Veronica is almost 4 and nothing gets passed her now. My youngest granddaughter, Cadence, is young enough that she would probably not remember that I said that Penguin would be making the trip.

I am truly disappointed that I will not be able to make this trip but in my present physical condition I would not be a good visitor. With all the stairs in their house I would be in a lot of pain. Hopefully the issue with my back and my left leg will get taken care of soon. I may be looking at possible surgery. I would love to avoid that, but if that is what it takes then I will do it.