My grandson (I know, I am entirely too young to be a grandmother) was born this weekend!!!
I haven't had a chance to hold him yet, he is currently in the NICU at UCSF. I can't wait to get my mitts on him, though. Shortly after he was born his parents serenaded him with "Close to You." This new phase of life promises to hold plenty of new challenges.
To be completely honest, I'm not sure how to be a grandparent. My role models, my own maternal grandparents, played the role of my parents. My maternal great-grandmother wasn't the nicest lady, and I didn't know my paternal grandparents. I don't have a lot of information to draw on, good or bad. I suppose that babies are babies, and I can feel my devotion to him growing even from a distance. I already find myself longing to be closer to him, to touch him and to hold him.
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Congratulations! I hope he's out of the NICU quickly, and you get to snorgle him to your heart's content! I bet you figure out the grandma-ing quick enough :)
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