O I almost forgot. Let me introduce...

Who does this? The question that I asked my wife recently. We had just ended a video chat with our son in which he had panned his phone around the wall of a hospital room till it came to a stop on the cute little round face of a newborn baby. His 6th child & our 10th grandchild had just been born. Our 10th ... that we did not even know was coming! Surprise, surprise. Suddenly we were the grand parents of a beautiful baby girl. He and our daughter in law had somehow kept the pregnancy a secret. Well yes they do live several states away. And yes we do lead busy lives. And no we do not get together that often. So keeping the thing a secret was not that difficult. But it was not how they did as much as why. I thought about it. Who does this? I will tell you who. My son does this. He waits till his kid is born and breastfeeding  in the hospital then video chats it to his parents? My son does this. He did not do it because he thought we would disapprove. He knows we are happy for his choice to have a big family. Well, happy as long as he does not get killed off and leave them to us to raise, I am good with it. He wanted to do something most guys do not do. Uh, he did. He is creative that way. He hears the rhythm of music that most cannot hear. And he follows it. He dances to it. He is a fantastic father (he gets a lot of practice at it). He is a great and faithful husband. He is a hard worker. He is a loyal son. He is a US soldier who served his country in Japan and Pakistan. He is an Army Reserve National Gardsman. And he has a unique sense of humour
That is who does this. So after my shock wore off I was like "was that a unique video chat or what"?  That is just my unique son. I am so proud of that boy.
O he may not be as financially successful as I would like for him to be. But he makes up for it in other ways. For he is more successful than most guys at loving and being loved, in caring and being cared for, in gentleness and in kindness and a dozen other ways. So who does this? Thanks son. I am glad you do.