Too Busy Enjoying All Our Precious Moments…

It’s been such a long time since I have written about all the little happenings in our life… I guess it’s because I’ve been having such a amazing time watching you grow, that I’ve fallen behind on documenting it all… I expect to play catch up very soon… But until then, I give you this…  

 

I Tickled My Granddaughters Feet Today…

By: Mimi Kettrick

…As we sat by the pool in the warm May sunshine. 

This was a special treat since she lives in New York and we retired to Florida. We had just one week together. Her parents went sightseeing. She was mine alone for the day and my heart felt like it would burst. She is two years old now.

We shared tender moments; made up songs, kisses and tall tales as we trampled through the "forest" (that's what she calls our wooded property). She is fascinated by spider webs, butterflies' and dragonflies. I told her how much I treasured just being outside in nature.  She agreed, not knowing what I meant I'm sure, but hopefully planting that seed as we lazily ambled along.

 I wondered…

Where will those beautiful little feet take this much loved child?

What journeys will be hers and hers alone?

I know she will take her first steps onto a school bus and into a classroom all by herself.  It might be a little scary at first.

I'm sure she will have best friends who share secrets as they saunter along on those carefree childhood days.  

Will she take dance lessons and run like the wind as her mother, my daughter, once did?

Perhaps as a young woman she will sashay through her prom and mosey that lonely stride away from her first heartbreak. Lessons learned along her own unique sojourn.

Will I be here when she marries and has her own children to cherish…?    

And one day, I hope a grandchild of her own to love as I do her.

As she tickles her little ones feet I can only hope somehow she "knows" of memories made long ago -  how much I, her grandmother, loved her and willed her to walk steady and courageous and "climb every mountain:" on her wondrous, joyful journey through life.

I tickled my Brianna's feet today…