Here is one of my reasons for living. Meet Hannah, my one and only grandchild, heart of my heart. She's 11 and she can really drive me crazy sometimes. Well, okay, pretty much on a daily basis! But she inspires me in so many ways.
Today she blew me away with the sweetest gesture. I had been in a hide-under-the-covers-and listen-to-the-cat-purr kind of funk for a good portion of the day. You know, thinking about the overdraft letter in today's mail, wondering how the mortgage was going to get paid when my already-spent paycheck might not be posted in time to cover what's written against it. Stupid stuff.
And here comes this bundle of energy and sparkle who hands me the Mother's Day card she gave me last year, trimmed and revamped for the occasion of cheering up her "Mimi." Inside, under the pre-printed mom's-day message of "Bee Happy!" she had written, "we'll make [it] through! Promise!!" with a curve under the dots of the exclamation point to make a smiley-face.
Then she showed me the poem she'd written on the back:
Please don't cry
We'll pull through
Me and you
You and I
Did I say she drives me crazy daily? She amazes me at least as much.
Thanks for deciding to follow me, cause it allowed me to come and read this, which is lovely.
ReplyDeletechildren and I guess grandchildren as I don't have them yet, light up our lives somedays when we least expect it.
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Oh, yes, Fire Byrd! And watching and enjoying the two generations together so intensifies that light!
ReplyDeleteMoney woes really take the wind out of your sails, don't they! Dagmar and I don't have children (which is directly responsible for our lack of grandchildren, I imagine), but the dopey dog and clueless cat don't let us sit in our gloom for long...
ReplyDeletehi! great to "meet" you, Ru. thanks for visiting my blog.. I really relate to that "under the covers" feeling, sometimes! and certainly the note in your header!! what a lovely grand daughter you have... :-)
ReplyDeleteChris & Karen, thank you both for "stopping by" and leaving notes! Chris, you're so right! wind out of my sails, and sometimes just knocked right out of ME! Dagmar sounds like a sweetie and a character - I loved her dental diversion;) Clueless cats and dopey dogs can surely be a godsend on many occasions!
ReplyDeleteKaren, nice to "meet" you, too! Thanks for the compliment to my g-d! She is lovely, and such a character! Never a dull moment around here! I just wish the teenage-ishness could have held off for a little while longer! They grow up so much faster these days.