Re: Happy birthday, Sn!pe!

Merlyne <[email protected]> wrote:

> > 
> > My birthday was lovely, thanks; my two boys came to visit,
> > the younger one with his good lady in tow.  He's become
> > a father in the last couple of years so of course he brought
> > my little grandson with him.  He's such a cute little lad, a
> > real delight to be with.  
> 
> I agree. Grandchildren are awesome. And you get to spend the day with
> them, load the up with sugar and send them home.
> > 
> > It's nice to have a grandchild near at hand - my two teenage
> > granddaughters live in Australia so I'm lucky if I get to see
> > them face to face once a year.  As it happens, they're back
> > in dear old Blighty next week, so we'll get together then.  
> >   
> 
> That's nice!
> Australia is so far away!
> 

I'm a bit glum at the moment.  A couple of weeks ago my youngest told me
that they were expecting a second baby.  It would have been absolutely
lovely but I've just heard that they lost the baby at 12 weeks.  It's a
very big disappointment, obviously.  

I know that this is really not uncommon;  apparently 1 in 4 pregnancies
end in spontaneous abortion.  In fact it happened to the first Mrs Sn!pe
and me before our eldest was born but it's still a blow for all that.  
  
Ho-hum, life goes on, I'm sure they'll try again.  Mrs S number 1 and 
I went on to have 4 kids in the end.  
    
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