Who is this woman, who just turned 59? Graying hairs making their way through the dark brown mass that’s adorned this head for what feels like so little but has added up to so many years. I look at my girls and it’s hard to believe that they’re in their 30’s … that’s where I feel like I should be. Obviously, I am a Gramma … I have nine adorable little ones that call me by that name. It seems like just yesterday though …

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1979 …

Could it really be true … yes … I’m pregnant! Jim and I are expecting our first child, due in February of 1980 … such excitement in our little home. 

It seems like yesterday …

Miranda was growing so beautifully and quickly! She was such a content and precious little baby and we didn’t want that special time to end, so we began trying for another. It took a little longer than we had hoped,  but then after 3 years and six weeks, Mercedes came into our lives in March of 1983. What a blessing she was and is … and then we hardly blinked and Marina was here just 13 months and two weeks later May 1984. Our little surprise, but life would never be the same if we didn’t have her! And now these three beautiful girls of ours have graced our lives with nine of the next best things to your own children … grandchildren! ♥

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But really, where did the time go?! Sometimes my thoughts take me back to my childhood and my early adult years and it’s just so hard to believe that I’m not that young girl or that young mom raising her girls … life really slips by!

This really is me and my husband, Jim … I have 59 years behind me … that means 59 years of life and experiences beyond what I might have ever thought would be part of who I am. So, I embrace those 59 years and am thankful to have them. God is good!

 

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