My west coast brother tells me that today is "National Refreshment Day." This seems very appropriate to me and I was able to get some refreshment in a very cool (almost too cool) air conditioned restaurant. It was refreshing on a couple of levels. First I had a delicious blackberry peach iced tea, very refreshing. Secondly, I was lunching with my daughter and the whole lunchtime conversation centered around the fact that she is going to be a grandma. The baby isn't due until March but she is already very excited. Of course that will make me a great grandma which is just fine with me.
Not surprisingly, all this talk about grandchildren makes me remember my excitement at becoming a grandma for the first time. Coincidentally, my first grandchild is the father of the baby on the way. He was a beautiful baby. Now he has a long beard and long hair but he's still beautiful to me.
You know how sometimes mothers say "I hope you have a child just like you."? Well, I'm tempted to tell my daughter that I hope she has a grandson just like his father. Capers like painting pictures all over his little sister's legs with red nail polish* and eating ten bananas while hiding in his bedroom* will keep her on her toes. Being a grandma isn't always a bed of roses but it is a wonderful part of life. I can't wait to hear some of her stories in the years to come.
*written about in prior blogs
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