CMP Review 2025-07-17

July 17, 2025

I have fond memories of those days years ago when we had our own newborns. Those were days of newness, excitement, uncertainty, and possibility. We were filled with energy and love; we had everything we needed except experience. We encountered so many challenges, but Barbara always figured out what to do. And everything worked out.

Now I see her with her daughter’s son. Yes, she’s a grandmother now, and it’s amazing to see. She has all the same energy and love; but now she also has experience. None of the uncertainty of our younger days. With confidence and tenderness she meets the challenge of every occasion.

Yes, most people will call her a grandmother. But I like to call her a super-mom. Lessons learned and never forgotten, energy renewed and never exhausted, and an admirer who never tires of appreciating who she is and what she’s done.

@artmiddlekauff