This song came on the radio last night, and it really hit me... hard. Honestly, anything with the mention of stars hits me because of my Grandma that passed away last December. Grandma Barbara was always there for me, and lately I've really been missing her. I have a few wishes about her and my kids this week, so we're linking up with Anne at Love the Here and Now for Wednesday Wishes
For starters I wish everyone kept the imagination and innocence that children have. When Grandma passed away, Zander was almost 4. He has an amazing memory, better than a lot of kids his age, and because I was very close with Grandma he got to be very close with her as well. He called (calls) her G.G. (because she was "too young to be a great grandma" so she didn't want to be called Great Grandma). He didn't quite understand her passing as that was the first person who was extremely close to him that he'd lost. We explained that G.G. was very sick, and God needed her as an Angel. With that he took "G.G. lives in the stars." Every time there's a clear night and we can see the stars Zander says, "look Mommy! G.G. is smiling at us!" Yeah, tear jerk-er! He constantly talks about G.G. this way. Talking about how happy she is in heaven and how he's glad she's not sick anymore. I swear he's smart beyond his years.
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| Grandma at Zander's first birthday |
I wish Ainsley was able to get to know Grandma the way Zander did. It makes me sad that she was almost one when Grandma passed. However, I am happy that Zander, Josh, and I have so many wonderful pictures and memories to share with Ainsley as she gets older. For that we are blessed.
I'm blessed to have had such an amazing, beautiful, Christian-like woman in my life. She taught me so much, and I'm so glad I was so close with her.
What are you wishing for today?
