Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I had a busy day going to the bakery, the grocery store and a walk with my husband, but when my friend called to walk I agreed, and after a sandwich we set off together. I find myself smiling a lot around her, because she is so in love with her baby granddaughter and to hear it, the labor was great, the parents are great, and the baby perfect. Of course, it's only been a week, and babies sleep a lot the first few weeks, but why spoil her joy? She is a beautiful baby and I am so very happy for my friend and her daughter, who is one of my daughter's best friends. The tsunami of love for a grandchild is one of the best things about growing older, and just being around her makes me happy. Her son is thrilled to be an uncle, and has flown up the last two weekends to see his niece. They deserve all the delight because my friend lost her husband twentyfive years ago and her kids lost their father. He would have been so thrilled with his granddaughter. The parents named their child after the mother's grandmother, my friend's mother. It turns out that before she died, she asked her granddaughter, if the baby was a girl, to name it after herself, and her granddaughter has. Very sweet!