I Love To Hear Them Say "I LOVE YOU NANA!"

WHAT??? ME A NANA? YESTERDAY I WAS TOO YOUNG TO BE A GRANDPARENT!

Isn't it ironic, but when you are a mommy you don't truly understand the love for a child UNTIL you become a grandparent. I have a beautiful, wonderful, very intelligent, loving, caring, gorgeous....(you get the picture) son. Don't get me wrong...I enjoyed every moment with my son as he (very quickly) grew to adulthood. He is now a grown man with a beautiful 3 year-old son & a gorgeous 13 year-old step-daughter. He is now 40! WOW! That makes me OLD!!!! It is hard to believe! When I am around my one & only beautiful, lovable grandson I melt. At 3 years-old he is such a handful, but when he looks at his Nana (that's me!), & says "I Love You Nana", my heart sinks. If you have small grandchildren then you know what I am talking about. I often look at photos of my son's adorable little face as he was growing up & it baffles me why I can't remember that lovely little face 40 years back? Don't get me wrong, I do remember my son as a baby & small child, but I don't remember being young with him. By that I mean I regret that I didn't have patients when he cried or through his temper tantrums, etc. But now, when I am with my grandson I find that I have more patients than I ever had as a young mommy. Without rambling on & on I will just post these pictures to show you just how overjoyed I am to be a Grandmother (Nana).

1/24/12 from my son to Nana & Papa - Riley is 3 years-old