Grandma Got
Counting My Blessings As A New Grandma
I am not sure when I got old and I certainly don’t feel that way most of the time. But today I do feel a tinge of age as my beautiful daughter just told me that she is having a baby. Sure I am happy and look forward to being a grandma. She is a great young woman who has a wonderful husband.
It seems like yesterday the summer baby monitor was going and I could hear my now twenty five year old daughter cooing peacefully in her crib. Wow, where did the time go? She will now be the one listening and I thought to myself with a smile how happy I was for her for what she is about to experience.
The months seem to go by fast as the pregnancy comes along. She has gotten through the sick phase, been through the craving phase and now is getting to the nesting phase. All the emotions of all the phases have come with them and I have been there to guide her through them. I remember what an exciting scary time this it.
Aw the memories flood back when I had the same mixed emotions coupled with raging hormones. It is such an exciting time in your life, I tell her, and it will all be okay. This is normal and everyone feels this way.
The time is coming. Faster than you think it going to happen. I want to be there for my daughter just like my mom was for me. I want to be a great grandmother and not be meddling or over bearing. But I want to be supportive but not intrusive. It is a difficult line to walk and I need to be careful because I am excited too.
But the baby is coming and it is shower time. Since she is having a boy she wants to have a jungle theme in the nursery. She even found cute baby bath towels with little animals on the hoods that were so cute. She did register for some practical items too that were larger like a Graco car seat she really liked.
Now that the blessed time is almost here it is time for the final touches. My son in law in setting up the crib just as my husband did for me. We are making sure there are all the necessary items that are needed for her new little bundle that will be here any minute. And before you know it we are waiting at the hospital while she is delivering
My new little grandson came into the world with ease. And as I sit here this Christmas by the tree holding him in his little Santa suit I thank God for what a blessing it is to be a grandmother. May I live up to the name and be there for him while loving and accepting him for who is going to be.
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