Room for more

Our daughter and son-in-law, Em and Mark, broke the news to my family yesterday. Since my husband and I live so far away in Texas, I was glad that their day was filled with people who love them to share in their joyous news. And I know that my extended family of sisters, brother-in-law and nephews and nieces will keep a watchful eye over our daughter when we cannot. Since we are of Greek descent, nothing is short and sweet, but rather, the longer the party the better. They gathered at my Mother’s house—the house where I grew up—and created yet another memory for those hallowed walls. The day started with the big news, then moved to celebrating with food and drinks, more relatives and picture taking, finally ending in the evening. This new baby will be my Mother's third great grandchild, and it seems to me that her love just keeps expanding with each.