Mommy may not look like it to you, but she so happens to be a grandmother, and daddy happens to be a doting grandpa.
They have 3 grandchildren by their oldest daughter, Lightning, who is now 22. The Williamses have three little children, a little girl and two littler, younger boys. The children's names are Jamee Nichelle (she is 3 now and is SMART as a WHIP!!), Le'Andre' Reaux (he is 2, and he is as quiet as his sister is talkative!), and little Derick William, who is just a month old. He was named after grandpa William (hence his middle name), and also his uncle Erick, who is married to my aunt Crystal. (Crystal and mommy are sisters.)
Lightning and her family live near Loveland, Colorado, where he works as a lawyer. Lightning can't work because she has cerebral palsy and is quite spastic; and she also is prone to falls. She usually uses a wheelchair, but she can walk with crutches for a short distance; but even then she has fallen. Instead, she gets Social Security/Disability each and every month from the government. She was born that way.
Mommy and daddy act like typical grandparents: that is, they have a scrapbook that's already chock-full of photos of the grandkids, and they spend at least part of their paychecks getting clothes or toys to send to the grandkids; or give the gifts to them when they come for a visit from Colorado--like, for example, at Thanksgiving or at Christmas. And they spend their time spoiling their grandkids--SPOILING THEM ROTTEN!! ;0)
They come twice a year usually, sometimes, three, like they did last year, but then they ended up staying longer when Ronee' had her stroke. They stayed for two months afterwards.
People are always amazed at my parents because even though they are grandparents, they are young; they are only in their middle 30s. People often wonder, HOW can this be; they figure that they must have had a kid when they were teenagers. But then they explain that Lightning was adopted 7 years ago, at the age of 15, and she was married 4 years ago, when she was 18.
She had Jamee when she was 19. Then came Le'Andre', who was adopted; and then came little Derick, who was just born last month.
It's kind of funny, though: even though my parents are grandparents, they are too young to qualify for AARP, and they are too young for the Senior Discount at the Golden Corral (but Steffi gives it to them anyway, as she knows the truth!!), and they are too young for Medicare. But they DO have enough grey in their hair to prove that they are NOT that young anymore, and they also have significant disability and other health problems, as do a lot of senior citizens.
In THEIR case, it's a "Catch-22" type of situation. They are too young for some things for senior citizens, but on the other hand, they DO qualify for SOME things for seniors, like Social Security/Disability checks each and every month, and they have quite a bit of grey in their hair, plus their faces have a lot of wrinkles, making them appear even older than they really are.
Which is why they ALWAYS get "carded" at the Golden Corral or any other restaurant, or at places like the grocery store or at Wal*Mart (even though daddy already WORKS there!!).
Let this coming of age story of a boy named Bean take you back to a simple time. Set in a small southern town in the 1960's, encircled by a river and gleaming white cotton fields.
A wicked Cajun Fairy named Robes Pierre entered the impenetrable Magical doll land of Sha Bebe. Queen Faustina, the ruler of the doll land, thought she had destroyed him, but he's back! Will the doll land survive his evil ways?
