I have only just started to conceptualize what it will or may be like to be a “Grandma”. The baby that I dream of is still growing inside of it’s mother and I don’t even know it’s gender yet. I do now realize one thing for sure, I fiercely love this child as I will love all my Grandchildren. Today I allowed myself to finally get caught up in the excitement of it all. I mean who wouldn’t especially when you are out shopping with the “Other Grandma”. It is so much fun to be able to share time with someone particularly when you can have a shared joy and love for this same amazing miracle of life. To know that the other person loves that cherished treasure as much as you do and understands you when you go gaga over some silly animal that is soft and snuggly. I have looked forward to being a Grandmother almost as much as I looked forward to being a mother, I just hope that I can reign myself in so as not to drive my poor daughters nuts before they even give birth. After all I do want them to look forward to my visit with joy.
As I have been “people watching” and especially Grandparents with their Grandchildren, a thought crossed my mind that made me stop and pause for a moment. I began to think of all of the people I know that have never met their children’s spouses parents, or if they have it has only been for a very brief moment. They do not have any kind of relationship with them. To me this is sad, especially since this is the family that your child is now a part of. I do enjoy the families my sons have joined! I hope that I will have the pleasure of one day knowing all of the “in-laws”. So far we have been extremely blessed. With the one who already is married and the one soon to be married we have relationships with the “other Mother or Father” that is way beyond what I have seen or remember seeing people have as a child. This new little life will bring this out even more so, I believe. And I am excited to watch as it grows and happens.
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