I am the last person to try to tell people what to do, but like everyone I do have an opinion. I just do not push people into the fact that they need to listen to it.
There are times when I feel very strong about how I feel, probably like everyone else and this is one of those times. I feel like everything I have been through allows me to feel more logical sometimes since I have experienced more than most but that still does not make me always right.
Today I was not feeling up to my usual 110% but still wanted to see my grandchildren, ages 4 and 3. Well, the 4 year old felt compelled to take care of me and never once in the 2 1/2 hours I was with her, ever stopped talking, but mostly to me. She seemed to feel that she was caring for me and that she needed to say my name, Nan, at least 100 times before I would answer. I looked very hard for her off switch but of course could not find it. Her mother kept smiling and trying to help, but Jordana insisted in being my little “helper” all afternoon. It brought back memories of when my son was that age and I realized something at that moment. Children are all the same and we need an extreme amount of energy to raise them. That is why, in my own opinion, from experience in the past and reassured today that “it is meant for young women to have children.” That way we can keep up with them. I had to come home and lay down for an hour. And I am not that old! Whew!
