Ali and Alaina

            Not all was bad during this bump in life; Our youngest Son had remained in Georgia a few years earlier, to finish School and had met the love of his life actually the two loves of his life Ali and her Daughter Lainey. Rick Called us from Georgia saying he wanted to bring some one up to Tennessee His Lady and her Daughter Sharon and I had a green hassock that happened to be large enough for Lainey to use as a bed also a good place to watch TV    
            In 1998 during some celebration Sharon and I drove down to Augusta Ga. to be part of this get together We stayed at a local hotel trying to get our bearings around Rick's friends. Ali surprised me, not shy and not afraid to speak her mind was my impression, a great person and very pretty as well, at the end of the night Sharon and I were asked if we could keep an eye on Lainey, she was only two years old and might be frightened I thought as she didn't Know us very well. The Kids, Rick and Ali placed her sleeping on the bed in our hotel suite as it was a separate room we wouldn't wake her. Watching TV an hour or so later I sat across from the door which opened a little bit,  this tiny little girl with her blanket stood  in the door checking me out I guess I passed as she ran over crawled into my lap snuggled down and went back to sleep to me that was a gift unmatched by few others as I had been adopted as her Grandpa.