And when I die, and when I'm gone There'll be one child born In this world To carry on

[DFW]

January 1, 2018

The new year, my wife and I staring at our 66th birthdays coming up later on. Here are our two daughters (the younger one, on the right, pregnant with our first grandchild) and their beaus looking (except for the redeye from the flash) like we would want them to look.

Two children to carry on, and soon one more to carry on after them.


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[Laurian]

1. Congratulations!

You have a beautiful family. And a grandchild on the way. As a grandmother, just let me tell you that you are in for a whole new world of wonderful. Enjoy.

🎉🎉👍🏻🎉🎉

[DFW]

7. I heard it's something special

And the best part is that after you play with your grandchild, you get to give her/him back to your kid and say, "OK, I'm done here."

Revenge for all the times when she was a tiny terror, and we WISHED our parents would take her off our hands!

[Cracklin Charlie]

14. Grandchildren are the best!

Except for getting a black eye from an accidental elbow to the eye socket this morning.

My first black eye came from my granddaughter. Granny gotta be quicker.

[skylucy]

2. Beautiful!

[DFW]

8. The two boyfriends have their hands full. Our girls are VERY headstrong.

But we taught them to be that way, and they know that, and love our girls anyway. Our kind of guys!

[MyOwnPeace]

3. Congrats!

It's wonderful to know that your own children will experience what you did - both good and bad! They will learn a new level of love - both for their child - and for their parents.

But, was kinda' hoping this was a Blood, Sweat, and Tears thread!

[DFW]

6. I knew SOMEONE would be disappointed!

I saw BS&T perform this live in Filthydelphia shortly before I moved outta there for points north. DCT had one HELL of a set of pipes!

[MyOwnPeace]

9. OK - looking for trouble........

you KNOW they're going to the Super Bowl, right? They ain't gonna' take that name-calling lightly - it's not like you're some respected public official like Santa Claus!!!

I'm with 'ya 100% percent!

LOVED BS&T - and yes, DCT did indeed have pipes - OMG!!!!!!!!!

Like you, I saw them live - once at a nightclub here in the Pittsburgh area.

Super musicians for sure - "CHICAGO" couldn't carry the music stands for those guys!

[DFW]

12. Oops. No, I had no idea who's in the Superbowl.

I don't follow that stuff from over here.

And I paid my dues in Philly. Went there for my four years of college and hung around for another year after that, trying to figure out what I wanted to do with myself. I was finally recruited by the outfit I still work for (rose a bit in rank in the meantime), and never looked back.

[MyOwnPeace]

16. Hey, no problem!!!!

being from Pittsburgh, I don't always wish them well either!

However, I've come to "appreciate" the area since I have a BIL living there and we'd always enjoyed the visits.
Good on you for longevity with the job!

Oh, and for those following any of this, YEP, I'm hoping the Eagles kick the snot out of the Pats!

[DFW]

20. I'm neutral on the football game, I don't have a horse in that race.

As for the job--this August makes 43 years. Scary, huh?

[Control-Z]

13. No matter how you look at it

it is a Blood, Sweat, and Tears thread. I got the ear worm reading the title. Lol.

[DFW]

21. Sorry about that

Next time, I'll pick an obscure Russian folk tune!

[MontanaMama]

4. Lovely family!

Congratulations on your future grand baby. Good stuff!!

[barbtries]

5. Mazeltov.

love Laura Nyro. I've already instructed my sons to play this at my funeral.

[DFW]

25. Toda Raba

We can use all the Mazel we can get!

[FM123]

10. Congratulations!

[DFW]

11. A lot of blood, sweat and tears, and a small assist from Mother Nature

And voilà! A viable recipe, indeed.

[handmade34]

15. ...

[DFW]

22. Diversity is definitely celebrated in THAT photo

One of the men was born in Russia, spent almost 20 years in Israel and now lives in New York. The other was born in Germany, spent 7 years going to school in the USA and is now lives with my younger daughter in the Frankfurt area. They are both bilingual in German and English, and speak to each other switching back and forth depending on in whose company they are. The other couple speak English to each other, although our daughter speaks to my wife and her sister in German. Her man speaks English to my wife, and mostly to me, although we'll occasionally use a few phrases of Russian when no one else is around.

[Control-Z]

17. I got my first one

(grand baby) two years ago. She's amazing!!

You're going to love having a grand baby of your own. They are pure joy! Congratulations!

What a beautiful family!

[DFW]

23. Thanks! We hope the tradition continues.

We'll only be 2 hours by train away from our first grandchild. Eight hours away by plane (New York City) if the other one decides she wants a baby, too, but that's her decision, and we're only a 20 minute ride from the airport on our end, so though it's more expensive, it's no more stress to go there than to go to Frankfurt.

My girls had the good sense to inherit a good portion of my wife's genes.

[raven mad]

18. Blood, Sweat and Tears and an awesome family to boot!

And the damn harmonica................

[DFW]

30. A harmonica can be a great addition to a song. I was inspired to use it on this one, too

[raven mad]

31. I love a harp.

Always have. And this is so saved!

[DFW]

32. I just HAD to have it on the "TSA Blues," but am not good enough to have played it there

But in Atlanta, where we record, EVERY musician knows every other musician, so our harp player materialized just by my asking.

[raven mad]

33. Hotlanta works that way.

Kind of like Muscle Shoals!

[DFW]

34. Yeah, recording there is amazing

Whatever I need: "Oh, yeah, I know someone who can do that," and presto! In 3 hours the track is a wrap. From start to finish, TSA Blues was introduced to the rest of TFT and the harmonica player, our usual drummer and bassist were there already (I did the guitars and the vocal), and the final mix was done within 3 hours.

[raven mad]

35. I actually saw that once.

Just once! But dayumm...............

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. My dear DFW!

Omigod, how much I love this song! I haven't heard it in AGES.

And considering how smart you and your wife are, and obviously the same for your daughters and s.o.'s, I think your grandchild will be very lucky to be born into such a family as yours.

Your grandchild will, I have NO doubt, carry on your legacy and will make all of you proud.



Congratulations!

[DFW]

24. Thanks Peggy! This kid will be blessed with some serious candlepower, that's for sure.

My daughter is the brains of our family, and her man is a prodigy in his firm. Our daughter has every intention of doing what we did (getting the kid both US and German citizenship at birth) so that she/he can live and get a job in either country, as she/he sees fit. The US end is more cumbersome, bureaucracy-wise, than it was when they were born, but not insurmountable.

It was SO easy 30 years ago! I called the embassy down in Bonn (the move to Berlin was years later), went down there with my passport, my wife's info and ID, a picture, and the German birth certificate, and walked out of there within an hour with the baby's U.S. passport, U.S. birth certificate and social security number.

Those were the days!

[LuckyCharms]

26. Lovely family, DFW. Congratulations!

[DFW]

29. Thanks for that!

My wife's genes seem to be dominant--fortunately!

[Fla Dem]

27. Congratulations soon-to-be Gramps!!!

[DFW]

28. Hey, don't call me "Gramps" just yet.

I feel old enough as it is!

[zanana1]

36. Beautiful family. nt

[DFW]

37. Thanks! It was mostly my wife's doing

I am kept around for amusement and occasional consultation for teriyaki tuna steaks and scallop curry.