A New Grandpa’s Thoughts on the Babies in Berlin
Forgive us friends for our tardiness. Anita and I became grandparents March 23rd. John and Kristen are great parents to two sons named John Paul and Matthias Alexander. They are not identical twins but paternal guys and weigh almost the same weight and look pretty ‘identical’ to us!
We have had the opportunity to be in Berlin a lot in April and May. I simply did my traveling/flying out of Berlin rather than Brussels to the countries where we have responsibilities. The arrangement worked out quite nicely and Anita accompanied me on the majority of the trips.
So we have had the opportunity to watch these little guys from the bowlegged, scrawny reddish guys to looking like the well fed, triple chin, stuffed sausages that they are now!
What has been amazing to me is how helpless they are, how totally dependent these little guys are and how attentive parents can be, should be and have to be? I look into their faces and can’t help but think of the babies of the world and wonder what kind of care they receive. I find myself praying for babies.
Now at the three month stage as they are awake more and more of the time and have a growing awareness of their surroundings especially our faces as we hold them and talk to them and pray for them and speak blessings and admonitions into their spirits. It is just a growing amazement of the cycles of life and the beginning of a new John and Anita Koeshall generation. Most of you who read this are aware of my attempts at sharing this new discovery and are smiling as you read. Others of you, hopefully will come to realize some day what I am trying to share.
Each night before we turn out the light and go to sleep we look together on our computer at a random selection of pictures of the boys. We thank God for allowing us to be part of John and Kristen’s lives as new parents and realize we have a Father in Heaven who loves us, thinks of us, has feelings for us, knows us….this fact is simply almost unimaginable to me, but what a comfort it is to me. John
