My mother tells this story about the day she learned her second grandchild was on the way. She was standing at the sink washing dishes when out of the corner of her eye, she saw a small male child with spike hair run across the kitchen behind her. His hair was a little weird, kind of unusual for that young of a child. But what was also weird was that she was alone in the house. She just thought she was seeing things.

Later that day she learned her sixteen year old unwed daughter was to have a baby. Even though it wasn’t the best scenario, years later, we are thankful for the young boy that baby has grown to be. And my mother wonders if the young boy she saw that day was preparing her for what was to come.