I became a grandfather again on January 17th. This child, my third grandkid, was born in the same town where I live and born to my daughter. This made it special for obvious reasons.
The first reason, proximity, was a powerful lure into the realm of emotion. I got to be there, or at least as “there” as a daughter would let her dad. The little critter arrived at her appointed time with minimal impact to mom. I was very thankful for that as I am sure was my new grandchild’s mommy.
The implication of proximity about burst my mind with visions of outings, sleepovers, and the lot. No matter the challenges that every new mom has, or even the specific ones that this mom has, it was intoxicating to think of being able to bounce that dear lamb on my knee almost as often as I would want.
The second reason, my daughter, made this child full of the potential love a normal dad would have transfered and augmented to his daughter’s daughter. There is just something about a baby girl to stir the heart. And, I am no different. My heart is stirred. I am smitten by a little black haired cherub (as I was, by the way, when I delivered her mom into my arms).
I can only hope that this new relationship will have as strong an ending as its beginning.
Wow! Congrats!! I will definately stick around and read. I’ll link you from my own blog site. 🙂 Many blessings and looking forward to upcoming blogs.
Thank you for sharing your heart about your daughter too. As a daughter, I like hearing when dad’s get all “squishy” inside due to the little girls in their lives. It makes the girls feel pretty special.
Blessings,
Emily