YIPPEE! I’M A NANA!

Everytime I hear the word ‘NANA‘, I give myself a pinch
Wasn’t sure I’d ever get to know that feeling
And boom, a-suddenly, my heart leapt a full inch
As my daughter announced the good news that sent me reeling.

Then there was this long long wait, and it seemed a- never-ending
And as nearer grew the date, our lives we all were spending
Making plans, setting goals, bringing order to varied schemes
Counting days, with anticipation raging in our very dreams

At last the end of the road we had dragged on, emerged around the bend
The wait had stretched out every nerve as it seemed to never end
And here we were, fingers crossed, praying with deepest intent
As my child gave birth to a baby boy, to us he was God-sent.

Hurray, here I was, a grandma, I felt ancient within a day
As I pictured myself bowed down with age, my hair a steely grey
And we gazed upon our grandson with awe, this wee li’l bundle of glee
Who, upon entering into this earth, altered forever our family.

We had observed in pure wonderment, a new creation in the making
The shaping, molding, forming, stretching, as time sped by, a-racing
We were vessel and witness of creation at work, with our role in it perfectly etched,
Within a framework of nine months, a new human being it fetched.

Now I hope to watch every day of my life, my li’l grandson evolve
Into an individual of his own accord, sprightly, sturdy and tall
So yes, I eagerly await the day when he turns and gazes at me
And utters ‘NANA‘!
I’ll hug him with tears of joy and say ‘my chweetiepie GRANDSON LEE!