Weekend Acceptances

This weekend marked a major milestone for the Hockeyman family. Our oldest, now 3 and a half, has completed the chart on the My Throne potty training game. For a strong willed child who would never even wear panties on any uncertain terms until about 2 months ago. We are quite proud parents. Her picture is below.

The other accepting moment for me came while visitng the wife’s grandmother in a skilled nursing center/nursing home. She had a small stroke 2 weeks ago and I have to say is as close to normal as I’ve ever seen her. However, as we were leaving and she was expressing her gratitude for our visit she told me I was just like her own grandchild. I know, legally I am connected but to actually hear that you are thought of, appreciated and loved as though we’d know each other my entire life was special to me. Her husband passed away almost a year ago and I truly mourned the loss. We never spent much time with them because they lived 9 hours by car away, but he was still important to me for my own selfish reasons. All of my grandparents are now deceased and I never came close to ever meeting my grandfathers as they passed long before I was born so my wife’s grandparents are more important to me than even she knows. I have always felt like I was as much a part of the family as anyone else, but to actually hear it touched me deeply.

Our little princess and her crown…