I keep thinking about the grandchild who is due soon, Al and Eileen's first. When Al was showing me around the governor's mansion here in Olympia, WA, we were looking at the governor's family pictures on the wall and discussing the recent announcement that the governor, too, is expecting her first grandchild (or maybe he/she has already been born.... I have trouble keeping track). Al was saying, as he said on the forum also, that he wasn't sure he knew how to be a grandpa. All I could tell him was what I think others on here told him, that I was sure it would come naturally and he would be great at it. I am sad that Al and the new grandchild won't get to know each other. But it's comforting to know that some of Al will be passed along through that child and future generations.