WE’VE COME TO THE MOUNTAINS for a quick visit, Tim and I, a final Spring hurrah before returning home to await the arrival of our first grandchild. This has been a sweet, sweet time, these anticipatory months filled with joy after joy as we’ve watched our precious Eliza bloom before our very eyes. It’s a marvel to experience the miracle of new life in any form, from any distance. But to be as close as we are, geographically? And to feel the pull of the ancestral line from my grandmother to my mother to me to my daughter and now to my own growing granddaughter? It is legacy, and it is powerful, and it’s a gift I do not take for granted.
And to watch this new family form. There’s an ease and a spark between the expectant Mom and the expectant Dad that’s not dissimilar to the heartbeat I hear out there in this mountaintop Spring—all promise and new beginnings, life emerging in a fresh, transparent-new-leaf-green way. These two love each other and oh, how they are loved: Preston with his big, caring, wide-armed family that years ago, pulled Eliza right in; both of them with an extensive network of friends they treasure and relationships they very intentionally nurture. Tim and I have benefitted from both, and it is an understatement to acknowledge what a happy, happy time this has been.
my baby, my baby’s baby, and me
I’ve loved, too, the big warm surround that is the collection of our own friends who are already grandparents. We hear it over and over:
“Just you wait.”
“You think you’ve known love?”
JUST YOU WAIT.
It is a sentiment that will no doubt, for us, prove true. Still I can’t help but relish this quieter time before, this preparing, this watching and wondering. This praying.
This deep praying, now that I think of it, rooted in my heart with such ferocity that just as I write this, just right now, I realize there is never a moment in which my praying ceases.
We’re here, Baby Doyle.
We are waiting for you.
XXOO
Kathy, You are in for one of the sweetest blessings of life. My two grandsons have given me so much joy that my heart overflows. So excited for you that soon you will also experience that joy!
What love and joy surrounds you, your sweet family and all the lives you touch.
Oh Cathy!! What a an anticipated gift! I could feel the love and excitement in you every word!! I cannot wait to meet her!! Beautiful picture, too!
Thank you, my dear friend! It is a special time.
I just can’t believe it! Time really does fly! Love to all of you. Pat
Oh, Pat. I know you marvel as I do that the little girl who came to choir practice with me is now this fully grown woman. HOW DOES IT HAPPEN? Thanks so much for reading and commenting. I miss you!
Harris and I are so incredibly happy for you! It is the most joyous, pure love you can feel. We can’t wait for photos of baby Doyle.
Thank you, Mary! I know you both know. So much love to you and Harris!
Oh, Cathy! How exciting!
Wendy! I’m always so happy to see you here. One would think I’ve been busy knitting. LOL. This time, I made a quilt instead. But there will hopefully be plenty of opportunity for Little Girl Things in the future! I’ll come see you. 🙂