My grandson was born. The moment and memories are stacking up fast!

So you can guess that when my grandbaby was born I naturally dropped my blogging. Instead, I took up smooching, hugging, shopping for soft, cute little things, making ridiculously looking faces and inhuman sounds to evolve any type of reaction or to make a connection to my new grandson.

And, now he is 8 months old.  My, my, my how time flies.

The moments and memories are stacking up fast.  In retrospect it is a blur, but a joyful one filled with rainbows on 100% sunny days.  Spending time with him is the purest joy there is-the kind that narrows your view to only the sweet little face, blocking every ache and pain, bad day at the office or annoyance big or small.

So, I would have to say that a grandbaby goes a long way to fill at least a corner of the empty nest.  Certainly, I feel more needed and gratified to have someone new to hold, love and adore---and of course to shop for.  I think my relationship with my daughter has deepened too.  We are connecting on a whole new level for now we share motherhood as another bond between us.  It seems my role in her life is more defined now - her son's grandma.  That really helps shape my identity, after being lost for a while in the uncertainty of facing an empty nest.

My upcoming posts will be about how I marvel at my daughter's motherhood.  She is blowing me away.  My grandson is sooooo lucky to have her as a mommy. 

Until then my fellow empty nesters.