My weirdest Christmas: I spent three hours in a car with a screaming baby
Her decibel level was almost operatic. But the sound of my first granddaughter wailing like an ambulance was the most beautiful I had ever heard
TL;DR
- The author traveled to Italy to meet his newborn granddaughter, Lucia Antonia, for the first time.
- Lucia cried intensely for most of the three-hour car ride from the airport to their home.
- Despite the crying, the author found the sound of his granddaughter's cries to be beautiful.
- The experience prompted the author to contemplate his new role as a grandfather and his approaching old age.
- The author's granddaughter is now seven years old, and he lives a short walk away from her.
- The article mentions the author's book, "Playing Catch with Strangers: A Family Guy (Reluctantly) Comes of Age."