I was barely nineteen when Alex was born, almost twenty two when Kaitlyn was born, and my mom was twenty when I was born. That makes for one young mama and a very young nana.
I’ll be turning forty four the month my first grandbaby is born, little Lola Jo, and it still blows my mind my mother will be a great grandmother and I’ll be a granny at such young ages. And I love it.
To all you young mamas and daddies, it’s going to be tough, most likely you won’t be set in your career, and you may not even have a plan….
But you have something you can’t buy: energy and time! I would spend my twenties raising babies all over again knowing how important having more time is.
Don’t think you’re missing out when you see your friends go out or settle in their careers before you, don’t think you’re trapped when you see them enjoy their babysitter free nights. Don’t think for one second you’re not being fulfilled.
Your life is going to be filled with joy in a different way. The pitter patter of footsteps and the repeated “mommy mommy mommy mommy” but the sweetest moments that you’ll have the youth to energize and the time later to enjoy the fruits of it.
I feel lucky every day my kids were able to enjoy my own grandparents, make real memories with them and know them like I did. It’s a blessing to me.
Because in the end that time and the energy to enjoy it is something you can’t buy.
Deeper Than a Puddle 