Gifts Abound For 1st Grandchild

The Clarks arrived here Monday morning bearing gifts for the new child. As I mentioned several columns ago, my beautiful daughter, Emily, recently brought into the world a healthy, sweet 7-pound baby girl, our first grandchild. Which sent my lovely wife, Sherry, into an affectionate frenzy of conspicuous consumption, buying toys, books and clothing for little Ronan Grace Berry.  Ronan, by the way, is a Celtic name meaning “little seal.” (Hey, that’s what they tell me, anyway.) So Sherry found this cute gray, plush seal that she ordered online. At the Spokane International Airport, literally minutes before we had to board our plane, Sherry bought a white “onesie” that had “Mt. Spokane Ski Patrol” printed on the front in red. Nobody in our family skis, by the way, but why let a technicality stand in the way of cute/ Doug Clark , SR. More here .