all the hopes + dreams

i love that i'm at a new time in life - i still know people young enough to have babies (see the brand new beautiful henry pictured) and last week i found out i know someone who will be a grandma for the first time. someone i went to high school with has children old enough to want to have children! i'm not sure how that happened so fast, but this time feels special.

all the hopes and dreams we feel as parents must feel different as grandparents. the changed perspective. the reality of your children raising a child. and maybe even your hopes and dreams you had of your child becoming a parent now realized. it must incomprehensible on some level. and of course you will now have the ability to offer your opinions when asked....or whenever!

i'm convinced grandparents have forgotten the day-to-day of parenting. they either remember only the good times or only the bad ones, but not the regular ups and downs of the typical day in a parent's life. i can barely remember what zach was like 14 years ago. what i do remember always makes me smile though. i hope years from now if i'm lucky enough to be a grandma, i'd like to enjoy it as much as i enjoy being a parent.

wwcd: one more something wonderful to look forward to