You are always the mom, but you are so much more

We tend to lose our identity when we become a mom. We morph into this person we perceive society dictates that we are to be. We are no longer the student or the corporate executive moving up the corporate ladder. We are a mom. A mother. One who has this wonderful bundle of flesh that desires our every waking (and not awake) moment, needing constant love and attention. And we give it. Freely. Because this wonderful new identity is what we feel we were born to do. To nurture, love, and rear this

The first grand with the second grand = Buddy

It is so surreal. It is almost like an out of body experience when it happens. When your babies have their own babies, you wonder how in the world did this happen? How did I get here? And then you feel like there is no way in the world that YOU are old enough to be a grandparent!!  But you are. Oh yes, .....it .......has........happened. And yes you are happy, overjoyed in fact. But you are still a little woozy thinking about the fact that one of your children just had a child.  And then you