Brainstorm

...I am right now watching my grown (31 yrs) sister sleep off surgery drugs on my couch after donating 24 (yes 24!) eggs to me today for in-vitro on Saturday (strangers prayers welcomed gratefully). I have been trying to have a family for 5 years and she selflessly offered her eggs if I should need them. I thank God for the blessing of a sibling for all of the gifts that it brings in my adult years. So much more fun than picking on her when we were kids! Enjoy your boys and their connection. Andrea, age 37

I have 2 baby boys, ages 2 and a half and seven months and I read this and think of the future and hope that my boys will be this close. It reminds me, as I raise them, the importance of never comparing them, or pitting them against each other, and recognizing their individual strengths and qualities.

My children, now adults with children of their own, are very much a part of my life and it is always the most important part of my life. My daughter, has two boys, ages 5 and 2. My son has a 7 month old son, and so, I can relate to your beautiful portrayal of being "Oma the Observer" and feeling overwhelming joy and reveling in the sight of your boys in the dining room as they are now grown men. I truly do miss those early years, that were exhausting at times, but also meaningful in a way that nothing else in the world can compare. How much more wonderful can it get to now be "Grandma" and love these precious babies in a way I never thought possible...as much as I love their mommies and daddies!

Where are the monthly stats as promised in the title? (June 2008: Monthly Statistics and Essay)