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** It started over the holidays as I was visiting my grandchildren at their home in Princeton NJ. Joey, my grandson made a point of letting me know that he wanted to have a phone conversation with me after he was back in school. I wondered about that and several times I almost phoned him. Monday I texted him with a joking message. Aren’t you sorry that you didn’t go to college in Miami rather than in Maryland, I queried. Referring to the brutal winter we have been having. He texted back later and asked if he could call me later in the night and of course I agreed. He called about 10 PM and we had a nice half hour chat. This weekend he is going home to NJ to baby sit his sister and step brothers. The parents are away on a business trip. He will be the Transportation Czar for the family as he possesses the only drivers license. His school work is going well though he has to work and study a lot harder than in high school. GPA is about 3.7 The big news is that he has gotten a girlfriend and he wants me to meet her. I am going to visit him at the end of March or early April. We ended up with him telling me that he loves me a lot and had been missing me. I don’t mind saying that this affected me emotionally and warmed my heart mightily. As anyone who has read be before knows I am a recovering alcoholic. As such I am not sure od what the future will bring but do know that most likely I will not like it. Since Joey told me that he wanted to talk to me various scenarios have passed through my brain. Why me I thought. Does he have a Drug or Alcohol problem? Am I about to become an great grandfather soon ? Does he have a boyfriend ? Is he failing out ? I never considered that he missed and loved his PopPop .
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