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For those of you who successfully raised kids who are now independent young adults in their 20s and 30s, well done. It’s a heavy lift. From sleepless nights to FAFSAs, it’s not easy. I mean just keeping them fed, clean and alive for 18 years is a major undertaking.
People are understandably proud of their adult kids. They worked so hard to get them to that point!
I think it’s that primal, arduous journey of parenthood that makes becoming a grandparent the most incredible blessing imaginable, and I am not someone who typically uses the word blessing. But having a beautiful, healthy baby grandchild in your arms, smiling up at you, is like walking through a field of flowers on a sunny day with a double rainbow overhead. It’s pure joy. Pure love.
OK, here’s the whacky confession. After spending the day with my perfect baby granddaughter (and her lovely mommy) yesterday, I missed the baby the second I got home. So I requested that my 6-foot 180-pound 23-year old son—MY baby— briefly sit in my lap like when he was small. He obliged. He knows it’s easier to just humor me than to argue.
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Quite an image in my head. 🙂 But I get you. I don’t know what it feels like to hold a grandchild (yet?), but before middle child flew back to Utah, everyone was in my bed and we all just sort of laughed and snuggled with the dog. That was great! ❤
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Aw, that’s so nice! Thanks for sharing that moment with your kids. (I asked AI to create an image of a mom with an adult son in her lap and it wouldn’t do it! I think I know why, but I don’t really want to know.)
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I can see how AI wouldn’t be able to come up with a tasteful way to do that. Nice to hear about AI limitations!
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Grandchildren are not in my life and I will be pleasantly surprised if any of my kids decide to become parents! Your description makes grandbabies sound scrumptious.
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Oh Susan, I do truly hope you get to greet a grandchild one day! Friends described the feeling to me, but it’s even better than I could have imagined. I’m struggling with her being an hour away, but as my daughter reminds me, it’s JUST an hour. Thank goodness they’re not on the West Coast or something like that.
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Thanks, Mary. They will truly be a bonus if they do come along.
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He obliged! Love that. Did he protest? Did he think it was an odd request? Something tells me that — even though he might not have admitted it — he loved the memories that it brought back. I hope so anyway!
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Aw, thanks Brian. He did protest, but then gave in quickly. He likes a good hug, so maybe he liked it – a little. Plus it’s fun to sit on someone smaller than you and see how long they can take it.
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❤️
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