originally posted Thu., May 17, 2007; 2:35 p.m. EDT
some people don't get a grandma in this life; some get one; some might get two.
i feel blessed to have had two blood grandmas, my momma's momma, and my daddy's.
my daddy's momma died several years ago. i miss her more than i can say. i shared many secrets with her. she was my kinda gal. i've been lucky like that in my life, to always find an older woman who has understood me, and accepted me for who i am.
i once had a mother-in-law who was that kinda woman. she died a few years ago and i miss her too.
but the Universe is abundant and i live in the flow.
two months ago, i was at the home of a new acquaintance (whose acquaintance i had to disconnect from). she got a seemingly accidental call from a woman from my hometown. because the acquaintance knew i was from ______, she handed me the phone.
grandma was the caller and she was looking for her granddaughter. her granddaughter lives here but she's from _______ as well. grandma and i got to talking and it turned out that her granddaughter used to work with one of my relatives in this town.
i told grandma i would call my relative to see if we could find her granddaughter, and i'd get back to her. what i didn't understand at the time was that the granddaughter wasn't lost. grandma had only mis-dialed her granddaughter's number, thus dialing my acquaintance.
well, i am a believer in all things stemming from Divine purpose. and although i may never know the higher purpose for grandma dialing the wrong number that day, it doesn't matter to me. it only matters that she did and i was in the right place at the right time, to get the call. :-)
what i do know is this: grandma sounded so much like my own paternal grandmother that day, both her voice and the things she said, that i knew God facilitated our meeting.
that call prompted my relative to re-connect with grandma's granddaughter and it also led to me keeping in touch with grandma as well. she is now a member of our family and i can't wait to meet her in person. i talked to her tuesday and she said she and her daughter are scheduled to come this way in a few weeks.
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some people don't get a grandma in this life; some get one; some might get two.
i feel blessed to have had two blood grandmas, my momma's momma, and my daddy's.
my daddy's momma died several years ago. i miss her more than i can say. i shared many secrets with her. she was my kinda gal. i've been lucky like that in my life, to always find an older woman who has understood me, and accepted me for who i am.
i once had a mother-in-law who was that kinda woman. she died a few years ago and i miss her too.
but the Universe is abundant and i live in the flow.
two months ago, i was at the home of a new acquaintance (whose acquaintance i had to disconnect from). she got a seemingly accidental call from a woman from my hometown. because the acquaintance knew i was from ______, she handed me the phone.
grandma was the caller and she was looking for her granddaughter. her granddaughter lives here but she's from _______ as well. grandma and i got to talking and it turned out that her granddaughter used to work with one of my relatives in this town.
i told grandma i would call my relative to see if we could find her granddaughter, and i'd get back to her. what i didn't understand at the time was that the granddaughter wasn't lost. grandma had only mis-dialed her granddaughter's number, thus dialing my acquaintance.
well, i am a believer in all things stemming from Divine purpose. and although i may never know the higher purpose for grandma dialing the wrong number that day, it doesn't matter to me. it only matters that she did and i was in the right place at the right time, to get the call. :-)
what i do know is this: grandma sounded so much like my own paternal grandmother that day, both her voice and the things she said, that i knew God facilitated our meeting.
that call prompted my relative to re-connect with grandma's granddaughter and it also led to me keeping in touch with grandma as well. she is now a member of our family and i can't wait to meet her in person. i talked to her tuesday and she said she and her daughter are scheduled to come this way in a few weeks.
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