From The Heart

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As many of you know, my husband retired 2 years ago to provide in-home daycare for our son's twins. There is a severe shortage of daycare spaces in our region, and he and his wife did not want their girls raised in that environment, so they asked dear old Dad if he would retire and look after the girls. He accepted with such great happiness. He missed so many 'firsts' when our son was growing up because he was working to keep a roof over our head, food on our table, and clothes on our back. He is loving all of these little and big milestones that he enjoys with the girls. He takes them to a provincially run Early ON playgroup, which we affectionately refer to it as, 5 mornings a week. They do simple crafts, have open play time, read books, sing songs and share a snack together. He has become good friends with some of the mothers and 1 grandmother. When they found out it was his birthday yesterday, they fussed over him. After playgroup I believe that they went home and cooked some of their delicious cultural dishes and went shopping. He had birthday #2 today as a result. The Philippinos made him their delicious spring rolls and some other dishes which I cannot recall the names of. We have lots of meals to reheat and enjoy. One close friend, also put a 6-pack in with the foods that she made. Another friend bought him a baseball hat and another gave him a box of fancy shortbread cookies. Those gifts, homemade yesterday afternoon, were straight from the heart, and mean more to him than anything wrapped up ever could. He has made some really great friends through the twins by taking them to the playgroup.