Numbah One Grandson

I would like to introduce you to “grandson number one”. His name is Rufino, or as we all call him Fino (pronounced “Fee-noh”). Fino is the grandson who gave me my nickname that to this day all of my grandsons, my children, my grandsons’ friends, and my son and daughter’s friends call me ... “JAMA”! You see, when Fino was learning to talk, he could not pronounce “Grandma”. Grandma always came out as “Jama”! Pretty soon, my son and daughter and all of their acquaintances started calling me “Jama” and since then...”JAMA” it is!

Fino is fourteen years old and will begin his first year of high school this fall. We are very proud of Fino because he received a “tuition scholarship” to attend Christian Brothers High School. Besides the scholarship he also received a $100 savings bond! Both the scholarship and the savings bond(s) are for the duration of his four high school years...that is provided he keeps his grades up. We had no idea that he was to receive this honor, so you can see why we are so proud of him!

Fino loves to play basketball and has played for St Philomene’s School since the fourth grade! During this summer he played basketball for a city league team. Recently the summer season ended and the team Fino played for won the Championship. His favorite subject in school is mathematics and science.

We are hoping that Fino will be able to visit us next year here in Stuttgart. We will show him all of the sights and historical places that we have enjoyed thus far here in Germany and the surrounding countries.

As you can see from Fino’s pictures, he was an adorable baby, a “healthy” little boy, and now...a handsome young man!