Rilee

Not quite two weeks ago, my son Tristan made me a grandfather. It is an awesome thing to watch generations unfold, and for a while, it kind of left me speechless. What could I say about the birth of this beautiful little girl that would be both meaningful and from the heart?

The mere profundity of her birth (indeed, any birth!) should shush us into silence before the awesome beauty that is Creation and its Creator. And I was shushed.

I don’t know that even now I can say anything profound. So instead, I will again offer congratulations to Brynn and Tristan on the birth of their daughter. And to Rilee, all I can say is welcome to the crazy beauty that is our world.

We’ve done our very best to screw up our little planet, but we’ve also done our very best to save it. To you who shall inherit it, I wish you all my love and all my prayers and all my grandfatherly blessings.