December 5, 2008, was my great granddaughter's first birthday. When one becomes a man or woman (the law says that happens at age 18) the thought of being a great grandparent is not even considered. Graduations from school, the wedding day (or days if there more than one marriage) the birth of children and intermixed is everyday life. Becoming a grandparent for the first time (I told my daughter that if I knew grand kids would be this much fun I would have skipped having kids) is quite a realization. Then becoming a great grandparent is sobering due to the fact that when I was a kid grandparents were not that common. I guess becoming a great great grandparent as my parents have become is really sobering. How often does that happen and especially when the great great grandparents are healthy and able to enjoy their great great grandchild? The wonders of life.