"He’s perfect," Aunt Toogie remarked.

My lovely wife, Grace, replied, "That’s just how Jane described him."

Grace and Toogie were poring over photographs of our newest grandson,

Cole Thomas, born a couple of weeks ago to our daughter Jane and her husband, Eric. Grace and I had made a quick pilgrimage, arriving with a pile of presents and departing with a passel of photos, to meet Cole. Neither Grace nor Toogie looked up from the pictures spread across the kitchen table as I made my way toward the coffee pot.