Faith&Friends
FAMILY TIME
The Gift of Grace My granddaughter’s unselfish present reminded me of another made 2,000 years ago. by Jeanette Levellie
Certificate of Merit ”I felt as if she was giving me a piece of her soul,” says Jeanette Levellie (right), here with her granddaughter, Grace
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wasn’t happy about my birthday this year. Usually, I anticipated a cake-and-ice-cream party with my kids and grandkids, opening gifts and playing Uno or Catan together. This year, not so much. Too many candles on my cake. Too many aching joints. Too many COVID-19 concerns weighing on my heart. Between all that, caring for my mother who suffers with Alzheimer’s disease and worrying about
my daughter, Marie, a single mom, I just wanted to run away. I knew that wouldn’t solve my problems. But I was weary and overwhelmed. Then came Grace’s gift. Free Sprit Grace, our youngest granddaughter, is a creative child who’d rather read in her bedroom than play dodgeball with friends. My husband, Kevin, and I had stopped asking Grace,
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