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Tomorrow is Kaylin Marie Osberg’s 30^th birthday. Kaylin is the oldest of my five grandchildren and life has not been the same since she came into this world.  My daughter was a single mom, and she was working her way through St. Cloud State as a waitress at Trobec’s in St. Stephen. From the time she was a baby, Kaylin would spend most weekends with her bachelor grandfather in the old parsonage in Upsala.  We did a lot of pancakes at the Uptown Café on Saturday mornings and a lot of washing her hair in the kitchen sink on Sunday mornings before church.  During the washing of the hair, there was much wailing and thrashing about. 

Getting her to fall asleep in her crib at night was not easy.  It helped if I sang “It’s Summertime” over and over again while she struggled to stay awake.  When she was about five years old, she finally said, “Grandpa, please stop singing that song!”. 

Today, Kaylin is co-owner of a promotional products company, Zygoatian LLC.  Their moto is “We will print on most anything”.  If you need a T Shirt or coffee mug, give her a call.  Simply go to www.zygoatian.com  . But not this weekend, because her partner Jon booked a trip to California as a Christmas gift.  Yesterday was Kaylin’s first time on an airplane.  She will be back on Wednesday,  

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes, art is knowing which ones to keep.”  Scott Adams