Is It Grandma Magic?

There is very little in life that is better than being a grandparent. You parents out there have so much to look forward to. It always made my heart ache a little to see my children growing up. 'Empty Nest' syndrome scared me. I'd been a mom so much of my life I wasn't sure I knew how to do anything else.

Then I became a grandma...

I was not at all ready for the huge wave of intense love that
washed over me when I saw that tiny face. And when those eyes turned to meet mine the first time I spoke while holding that tiny body...well, I was captivated. Every day since that day over in October 1998, my heart walks around outside my body in the form of eight grandchildren. I love my children, always have, always will...but this grandchild thing...it is beyond what I felt for my children. I think it might be 'grandma magic.'

While I sat in the "Father's Waiting Room" a few doors down the hall from where my second grandchild was actively being born, I wondered if I could love another child as much as I did my first grandchild. What if I couldn't? What if this grandchild was just another baby in the world? How could I keep my children from being hurt if I wasn't able to love another child the way I loved my first grandchild? Then the nurse came and told me I could go into the room and meet my newest grandchild...I needn't have worried. The moment my eyes fell upon him, that same rush of overwhelming love washed over me...and it's happened every time a new grandchild has joined our family.