I never thought I wanted children or maybe it was more that I never wanted to be pregnant and the whole giving birth thing was just not me. I would however, have liked to open my front door one day to find a little bundle on my door step. As you can imagine that didn’t really work out. I guess I’ve always been fairly maternal and kids do take to me most of the time but having one of my own seemed out of the question once I turned 45. As you may know, if you read my posts, I recently got married to my partner Pam. Pam has two wonderful sons and both are married with lovely wives. I have become very attached to the loving, crazy clan. In December 2010 Pam’s eldest son and daughter-in-law gave birth to Ellie, then hot on the heals of Ellie, Jessica arrived born to Pam’s younger son and daughter-in-law. We have been in both of their lives since the day they were born. So, last December when Pam and I got married this family suddenly and legally became my family too. I love them all to bits and don’t think I could love them more if they were my own. What a game changer…going from a single person to a married person with step kids and grand kids. Now that is the way to do it! I love being Nonna (Italian for grandmother) and I’m feeling things I’ve never felt before. My maternal and protective instincts have kicked it up about 10 gears. I would seriously hurt anyone who wronged any of our kids or grandkids. Having this family has been a life changing experience for me and I can’t wait to see what happens next!
Tag: granddaughter
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How can it possibly be Easter?
Can someone tell me where the first quarter of 2012 gone? It truly seems like we were just taking a breather after Christmas and now Easter has snuck up on us from nowhere! I know they say that as you get older time begins to escalate but this is crazy. The best part of 4 months has gone by in what seems like a blink of an eye. My granddaughters are growing at a phenomenal rate. One is walking the other not far behind. My youngest niece just turned 1 and my oldest nephew is about to be 26! All this is happening and I still feel like I’m 18. One day you are worrying about acne and the next wondering if you should colour your hair because you are too young to go grey! Where has the time gone?