My Grandson Brendan

Hi. I am Brendan's Papa. Brendan is the son of my wife's son, my stepson, Mark.

I will never forget when Brendan was born - Sunday, September 2, 2007.

I am the St. Louis Cardinals TV director and I worked a Cardinals game that day. The Cardinals beat the Reds 3 - 2 in 2:33.

Jane and I went to the hospital at 6:30 PM after we learned of Brendan's birth.

I held that little angel that day and my life changed forever.

God showed me complete and total love.

God validated my love for Jane (we had both experience terrible divorces to be with each other) because the strength of my love for Jane equaled the strength of the love I felt for this little boy at his birth.

This is the chain of events that occurred before the glorious birth of this wonderful little boy.

After being three months pregnant with Brendan and the mother of three year old Libby (with a different father) Elisabeth was kicked out of her mother's house (where she had been living) and she/they moved in with us.

After a few months, they found their own place and the three (with pre-Brendan) moved in. to their own apartment.

Then Brendan was born.

Six weeks after this angel was born, Mark and Elisabeth (the parents) asked if we could keep Brendan overnight on every Tuesday night.

Without hesitation, we agreed.

This practice continued until Libby started school.

Once Libby started school, she spent the weekends with her father and step-mom.

After school started, Brendan, at the request of his parents, spent every Saturday night with us.

We loved Saturday Night Sleep Overs!!!

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