Front row - Marjorie Ivey, Alva Fink, Connie Ivey. Back row - Bill Ivey, Hilma Jean Ivey, Denver Fink. Taken about 1943 on the front steps of the Ivey home in Springfield, Ill.

Grandpa Ivey and me in 1959.

Playing with grandpa Ivey, 1962

Elmer Ivey with his 2nd grandchild, Ivey Wakenshaw, taken just before his death in July of 1963.

The look in grandma’s eyes says it all. When I look at this photo, I see a proud grandma holding her grandson. But I also see another person. A person who is even more proud. I see a mother. A mother looking at her daughter, and knowing how happy she is at this moment. Knowing that she is feeling the joys that she herself felt years ago. You can see it in her eyes, and you can see it in her smile. She is the proudest person on the earth right now. She may not talk much now a days, but her body language speaks volumes. Grandma knows. Grandmas always know. You can’t fool grandma. Just look at those eyes.