My New Love
07 Dec 2010 2 Comments
in family, Uncategorized
Didn’t see it coming, this grandma-love. I know I felt it instantly for my own children–just loved them unconditionally from the moment I laid eyes on them. But thinking of my role as a grandma, I never expected to feel this crazy, emotional love. “She” was supposed to be a “he”, according to the ultrasound, so when we were informed by a new ultrasound, three days before the birth, that our “Cayden Alexander Pierce” was a girl, it sent us all into a bit of a tailspin. We were in love with Cayden and now there was no Cayden. Somehow, though, it felt right, this new idea of a granddaughter! And when she finally came….there was no doubt. She was a perfect, pink little person–just the one God always knew and had formed months ago as a little girl.
When we first saw Angelina Jade, she was lying on a warming bed, stark naked, holding out her arms and squirming under the light. Suddenly, there was our grandbaby. Suddenly, she was more than just a thought, she was a beautiful reality–a tangible, tear-jerking reality! We watched the nurse wrap her up in a little burrito bundle and hand her to her mama for the first time. Watched as she blinked and puckered her lips and adjusted to her first few minutes in the open world. We were spellbound.
I find myself hungry to hold her in my arms, these welcoming grandma arms! But just as special is seeing her with her daddy, as he suspends her across his forearm, so lightly and carefully and lovingly. Or watching my own girls, new aunties, cradle her and talk to her and love on her. And when Grandpa David holds her, I literally feel my heart melting. He feels this, too, I know, and we just look at each other, knowingly sharing these precious moments that are some of the best in a lifetime.
Love. Pure, unadulterated love. Simple love. Deep love. Yes, she has arrived and we are smitten.
