I am Grammy

My baby granddaughter is 7 months old and I am completely smitten with her! There is something about the way a baby smells, the wonderful texture of their skin, the pure innocence of their expression, that affirms that all is right with the world. Being in her presence is like a drug - the more you get, the more you want. I think as a grandparent, it takes me back to all the wonder and hope that I had for my own two children when they were little (not that they didn't turn out spectacular, imo). But I think it's just that you're so caught up in the "have-to's" when your kids are little and busy with just getting through the day that you don't have the time to enjoy the sheer wonder of them. You can't realize how quickly time passes until you're on the downhill side of life. Friends always told me that there was nothing like having a grandchild, but that's something you can't understand until you're there.