The Longbow Papers

Hey Dad,
I don't know how to say it so I will just say it. Looks like you are going to be a grandfather!

I was unable to attend Joseph and Michelle's beautiful wedding (I do have it on DVD!). This is a photo of them walking down the aisle.

This is Linda, my former wife of 31 years and Joseph's mother, watching her "baby" and his bride walking down the aisle

What a beautiful couple they are. Can you imagine what my grandbaby will look like?

Joseph and Michelle dancing at their wedding reception.
This is Joseph dancing with his mother; something I never got to do in the 35 years we were together from high school till the end--she was always too shy to dance with me.

This is my favorite photograph of Linda (assuredly the most excited grandmother-to-be) from years ago.

The heartbreak of not being able to attend the wedding was somewhat mitigated when some weeks later I was able to get away from Beijing briefly and meet the happy couple in New York. Here, the three of us are in Katz Deli downtown.

Father and son in a swankier New York restaurant; you can surely tell he got his good looks from his mother.