Thursday, January 22, 2015

Thursday

Ed tells me this morning -- oh my God, you've gone into full grandma mode!
It's just a small musical elephant. Without battery. Cheap. For when she visits.


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Ed will not admit it in public, but he has told me more than once that little Snowdrop is a fine little girl! He laughs at me now as I place a book and the toy in her crib.


The skies cleared today, right after breakfast...


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And perhaps this is what put everyone in good spirits.

Friends stop by, hoping that maybe Snowdrop would be here. She isn't, but I managed to talk (probably far too much) about her and, too, about this period of time when things are going so well, when no huge worries loom over us. It doesn't last, this period of rapture, I know that, but for now, we coast on the sunshine and the clear, defined tasks that put us all in a fine frame of mind.


I should tell you that I visit little Snowdrop only when asked to do so, never wanting to wear out that welcome mat by her door, but right now, she is so young and so full of newborn needs that it turns out to be a daily event, which totally thrills me.


Of course, there are always new developments. A more consistent focus, a new love for a pacifier,  more play time than nap time...

Sometimes little Snowdrop seems utterly overwhelmed by the enormity of the tasks awaiting her.


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Most often it doesn't take long to soothe her.


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And then she is ready for more. Here, she is bonding with the musical panda.


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All this is a lot for a tiny one to handle. But she soldiers on, one step at a time.


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I'm sure that these are such tiny events to the casual observer. But they are tremendously important to a grandma. To this grandma.


Back at the farmhouse, I again serve leftovers. How many days now of a chili cooked last week? Hmmm. Time to do something special for dinner. Just not this week. Not when the newborn is still less than three weeks old.

8 comments:

  1. There are so many things to see! So many colors! So many interesting things, and most of them out of reach. Yes, I'm sure it can be overwhelming for little Snowdrop, but I think you're very good at helping reach all kinds of things, Nina. There's no doubt you'll tuck her under your arm and next to your heart, and off the two of you will go to explore each tiny seedling, flower, bird, and so much more.

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    1. ...makes me look forward to outdoor time! Hurry up, spring!

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  2. "Time of rapture" is so evocative. Well said!

    You will be thrilled at the changes to come in just one month (where our little C. Is right now) I'll email you a couple of pics from last weekend.

    And also last weekend, my 87 year old mother fell in her kitchen. No broken bones, but injury and bruising to her "tailbone" and a great deal of pain. You would not believe it, she told my brother not to tell me, because she wanted my extended family to enjoy our special visit. Always thinking of others! From her hospital bed she's telling me to check on a recall of Geaco strollers, and would I please attend to Eva's and Mike's birthdays on her behalf? I'm touched. After three nights in the hospital she has been moved to a 5-star physical therapy facility. We drove up to see her yesterday. A six hour round trip is hard. I'm appreciative of my husband who puts family first and is always so supportive of me. I took a baby album for her, yes, there's already an ALBUM! Pics of all of us are included for her. I took a mountain of cookies for the staff. I gave her living will and health care power of attorney papers to the social worker, because I found out my brother had not done it even after much instruction on her part. At 87, you don't go in an ambulance without your papers! I feel much better after spending the day with her and seeing that her pain is well managed. She has a long road to go.

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    1. Yes, I'd forgotten how quickly they change! (Well, maybe when I was a young parent, I didn't always think time passed quickly... For example, restless baby nights...)

      So sorry about your mom. A six hour roundtrip seems hard until you compare it to what I have before me -- a flight to SF and a train ride to Berkeley. So far, my mom has been quite self sufficient. But she is 91...

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  3. Brings back memories of Snowdrop's dad's earliest days! Great that she's exporing toys and books with you.

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    1. In looks she is, I think, mostly like her dad, except when she looks strikingly like my younger girl at birth! :)

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  4. The seeming ease when priorities shift - especially when a new life changes the landscape of our hearts forever. xo

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