This one taught me about ferocious protectiveness, expectations versus reality, loss, insecurity, Oneness, acceptance and renewal. She showed me my mortality. She showed me myself perfectly reflected in her. She showed me love.
A headstrong, goofball wild-child blessing. My Miss Sassafras.
This one taught me to relax into comfort and ease. To love wholeheartedly with security, to watch and admire all with wonder and awe and, that good things come to those who wait, even after a loss.
My bulldozer baby, Mr. OV.
Being a Grandmother is the best role I’ve ever been in. It’s not perfect. Please don’t misunderstand me, its nowhere close to being a perfect experience but it is RICH in all things and FULL of LIFE. I am so grateful to have experienced this stage, as it is. I feel like the Skin Horse in The Velveteen Rabbit, REAL.
I hope you all get the chance to be come REAL too.
Love & Squishy Hugs.
Lovely post! Wishing you many more joys in your role as a grandparent 🙂
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🙂 Thank you! I’m getting my boy this weekend ❤
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Awesome! 😊
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That’s a beautiful extract, love it! Hope being a grandparent continues to be that kind of real for you!
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❤ Thanks!
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You’ve really captured it! Grand-parenting is wildly different than parenting in a hundred different ways, but oh, so wonderful!
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Just the best! ❤
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AGREE, AGREE, AGREE, AGREE.
Best role in the world!!
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Right?! I want like, 10 more, ha ha!
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The Velveteen Rabbit is one of the most precious books/videos ever made. I bet you’re a wonderful grandma.
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Oh my gosh, that’s so sweet of you to say ❤
It really is. I'm starting to think I need a Velveteen Rabbit tattoo to properly show my appreciation.
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Aww.. How adorable! This post is nothing but LOVE and LOVE!❤️❤️
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