Did I ever think that I could love another child that wasn't mine?
Oh my! To even think that I could ever question that! The love I have for my daughters child, My first grandchild, is just as I have for my own children! I would give my life if I needed to!
Its so funny how are hearts just open up and let another love enter into it!
I still can feel the feeling I got when my daughter offered me to come and be in the room with her and her husband To watch the baby be born! I never got to view a birth before! (of course I got to give birth) But when I saw how great her husband supported her during the hard back labor my daughter went through I really saw the love that her hubby had for her! And I just got to say Thank you for loving my daughter! And my heart opens up and more love is entered in, as I see a whole new image of my son in law!
As I see the head come into view at the time she was born I had tears in my eyes of joy and happiness that comes when a angel is born! She entered into my heart the moment I saw her! I look over at my daughter and wanted to scream its a girl! But I toned it down and just said oh its a girl and she is so beautiful! I look over at her hubby and he too look ready to cry! ( or he really might have been teary eyed) The process of the birth was done and now we had our first grandchild!
I still remember grandpa finally got to come into the room to see his grandchild! Her name is Evelyn. Evelyn grab on to his finger! He was so proud that moment to have this little hand grab him! I got a picture of it and you can see he fell in love with her!
So now looking back and I really don't know if I ever got to thank my daughter for letting me have this experience with her! It was a wonderful joy to watch and to know she loves me that much to let me into that part of her life!
If ever I learned something that day was the joy when a family grows! Its really hard when the children you have grow up and leave and marry and have there own life's! As parent you hope they have happy and loving relationships and that life will be easy on them! And now me and my hubby as we grow older and wiser get to watch our children life's as they grow with there adult life! As parents you learn so many different kinds of love! Sharing, caring, accepting, releasing, understanding, and learning.
4 comments:
That's a great post. It was really wonderful to have you in the room. Not only did you seem to enjoy it, you were a tremendous help. It would have been much more difficult without you. It's true, Evelyn gets into your heart as soon as you see her.
Aw shucks. I'm teary-eyed reading your tribute to us. Love you mom!
You have such a genuine love for family and friends. It’s inspiring to hear about this precious moment!
E is a cool kid- easy to love. I don't get to see her enough though.
Aunty J- you have lost some weight! I can see it even in your face, in the photo of you and Evelyn. nice job, you must be working out a lot!
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