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Visit With Tatum
As a mother of grown children with children of their own I am on the road a lot. David and I have seven children. This is a case of yours and mine and our Yorkie makes ours. His are mine and mine are his. We share 7 grandchildren and one on the way, this makes for a full, active and exciting sometimes very tiring life. In March I got a phone call from my daughter that lives in the bay area. Can you make it to Tatum’s birthday party? Can we, was my inquiry to my husband David? “Tatum wants us at her 4th birthday party”, I added. There was no hesitation on his part of course we would be there. We got semi weekly phone calls from Tatum asking if we were coming, the answer always yes,( this did not deter her from having Mom call again two days later).
A few Days after the call from Tatum, our daughter in law in Oregon ( expecting her first child and our 8th grandchild) announces that they are having baby shower and want everyone to come. Can we make it. Can we make it, once again was my inquiry to David. Yes, was the answer. Two weekends in May, each an 8 to 9 hour drive. We are busy and are on the road a lot but our priorities are always our children and those precious grandchildren.
We made the trip to Tatum undeterred by s snow storm ( yes in May)at Donner’s pass. A special treat was the reward our daughter Brooke and her little Paisley were there too. Two daughters and 4 of the 7 grandchildren, we played, sang to Tatum, had great shiskabobs, and took trip into the city ( San Fran).
I believe that being a grandmother is my reward from god for having been a parent, it is His way of not letting our nest go completely empty. It is one of the wonders of life. The love we had for our children is given an opportunity to once again reign in your heart. But this time it can be given without the burden of the responsibilities. This time it comes with new wisdom, the wisdom that recognizes that they like plants in a garden are there for you to nurture for a just a little while. The time is short for you to enjoy the joy and beauty of their childhood. Play, love nurture and send them home. So is the life of not so much an empty nest Mom. I have to refer to our empty nest as not empty but a nest of a new design.
