Scribbling Monk

Over the last day it's struck me how significant an event it is for my child to have a child of her own. The milestones of a child's life on the way to adulthood mostly mark a path to independence – graduating high school, first car, first job, marriage, home ownership.

But this is different. My child is now a parent. It's part acknowledgement that she's arrived at a new plane where she can find her full potential. It's also about being part of something very special, a family. She and her husband now have their own child who will grow along those same steps of independence and some day, hopefully and with lots of prayers from his parents, hold his own child.