I am an emotional roller coaster today. Loss, life, growing, years going by... it's all jumbled up in my head right now.
The day is strange for me. I miss Nana. A chapter in Ellie's life is closing. Another one is starting. And there is a strange connection between Ellie and the Nana she did not get to meet. Like the song says, "I think I caught [her] spirit later that same year/ I'm sure I heard [her] echo in my baby's newborn tears." I catch a glimpse of my grandmother in Ellie on occasion. The first time it happened, I was a bit freaked. Now I just marvel at how my little girl carries so much of my Nana in her heart.
1977: Nana holding me for the first time
2011: Look, Nana, I'm all grown up.
2006: A mini-me is born.
2011: My crazy little faerie.
7 comments:
we live on through our children and grandchildren. it's odd, but i like it.
your little girl is beautiful!
well, you made me teary again. Any mama can relate to this post at any time during their tenure. And you know that your Nana is always just a thought away.
Enjoy every minute of that sweet girl...one day she'll be 6'3 like my Charlie. Just kidding...she'll still be the spitting imagie of her beautiful mommy.
Ha! Thank you for the laugh, Suzan. I'm picturing Ellie as an Amazon woman right now. She could totally rock it.
Alright, girl. You have me crying over here. Tears down my cheek.
Love you.
Lovely. I know those moments :)
That song breaks, and opens, my heart every time I hear it.
I can soooo relate to this! The Grandfather I was closest to throughout my entire childhood died the year before Neko was born. I tried 5 years to bring them together but he left before it was meant to be. Lovely post.
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