The Younger Again Ahead of the Elder

The Younger Again Ahead of the Elder
Genesis 47:27-48:22

I have known more than one grandfather who made a nuisance of himself by whipping out a folder of photographs of his grandchildren at the slightest provocation, to inflict them on other people. I understand the intensity of one’s feeling about one’s grandchildren even though I don’t express it like that. I have a vivid memory of my son calling late one Sunday night to tell me that our first grandchild had been born on Monday (the time difference between the United States and Britain can be confusing). I rushed to buy a plane ticket, and I have a vivid memory of taking the baby for walk in his stroller as I had taken his father for such walks. That older memory was so vivid that it seemed to have happened yesterday. So was I John and was this my son, or was I my son, and is this his son? It provoked another memory. When my wife and I married, it was really our parents’ special occasion, and our children belonged to them, too (a generation later, our being six thousand miles away at least protected our son and daughter-in-law from that)...