A New Life as one Passes

I was blessed enough to given the opportunity to take some shots of my eldest child and his fiance before they have the second grandchild (a boy) on the way. I was so honored that I could be a part of their experience in the slightest way. I became a grandmother first time just close to 3 years ago and have to be quite honest that I wasn't really privy to the idea that I was going to be a "Grandmother"! My vision of a grandmother in my mind was surely not what I had planned for myself , no way , no how. I struggled with the idea for months that this child was going to call me something cool and not label me with the stereotypical grandmother image. I was trying to figure out all these fabulous names, cultural, etc. and well when my little granddaughter arrived into this world , I just looked at her and said "you can call me anything that you wish precious little one". Now comes the second grandchild in my life ,and I believe not the last. Maybe one day after several more grandchildren I will be that vision of that grandmother that most see, but I doubt it!!!!!

So as a new life comes, we loose some in our lives. My sister/friend/family of many years lost her father around this same time, Pops. Oooh the times we have laughed (charades with pj's pulled to the neck and I still can't figure out what it was he was trying to do..ha ha ha) and cried over and with this man. My heart goes out to her. No matter how old you are and they may be it is never easy to lose a parent. In our minds we stay that child that looked at them ,with all their imperfections, as mountains that never could be moved. We hold them close to us in our memories and feel their presence around us and they live on in our children and those that come after.

Cheers to life and its many adventures!