What are you most excited about for the future?
It’s hard
But I try not to concern myself with the future. I don’t want to miss what’s important right now.
The future will be there regardless.
I will say though, the times I do wonder about it, I tend to get excited about being a Grandmother one day.
I’m not entirely sure why at 30 I’m excited to obtain the title of “nanny” which is the name my one year old has famously given my mom but I think it has something to do with how she embodies the role.
She is everything my boys and I never knew we needed and I’m excited to one day extend the love, support and care she has shown me, to my (hopefully) future daughter-in-law and grandchildren.
By that time I would have harvested dozens of lessons, i will have loved fiercely and planted beautiful seeds of intention to share with them. I’m excited to see the fruits of my healing and unconditional love.
In Quest of Her 
Reading this made me pause and just… sit. Like finding a patch of warm sun on a cool day. It felt good.
Wanting to be a “Nanny” isn’t just about little baby socks, is it? It feels like getting to a part of your life story where your own bumps and scrapes have made your hands softer, ready to hold someone else gently. It’s like your heart says, “Okay, I’ve got some extra room now, ready for round two of big love.”
It’s funny, right? We spend so much time trying to untangle the messy strings our own parents handed us. Then we spend the rest of our time trying to hand over perfectly neat strings to the next ones! It’s like we’re all just learning how to knit this life thing, hoping the pattern comes out okay this time.
Your words felt like building a cozy little bridge. Not a big, scary one, but one made of warm wood, helping cross from the ouch parts to the healing parts, connecting yesterday’s stories with tomorrow’s hopes.
And being a grandma like a candle? Oh, I love that! Not a bright spotlight making everyone squint, but a small, steady flame. Just enough light so sleepy little feet don’t trip on the rug in the middle of the night. It’s a quiet guide.
May your future daughter-in-law always feel that warm candle glow from you, not like she’s standing in a shadow. That feels like real, quiet wisdom – the best kind.
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