Our daughter, Aimee and her husband were expecting a baby (on NFL Super-Bowl weekend 2001)---a boy.
They had chosen the name Joel, wallpapered his room in blue and filled his dresser with baby clothes. Family members had contributed toddler Texas Rangers gear as well as Dallas Cowboys blue and white jerseys.
As Granddad, my gift was a Bar Mitzvah angel--a young boy dressed in Jewish vesture. This little angel would remind Aimee that the seeds of her son's faith would be planted in his infancy.
Or HER infancy, as it happened.
Surprise!
Avaree Rose Hosford was welcomed with all the love and joy a little boy would have been. She looks adorable in the tiny sports jerseys, surrounded by Dallas Cowboy blue. I know that angels watch over her as God does all of us, helping us to greet the unexpected with grace, a thankful heart, and most of all, a sense of humor.
Rev.Douglas Raymond Rose
Grand Prairie, Texas.
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