"Who was that at this time of night," I said as I roused up from a deep sleep.
"That was the mother-to-be. Her water just broke and they are on their way to the hospital. So, we best drag ourselves out of bed; call Daughter #2 and tell her we'll be there in a couple of hours to pick them up."
Not expecting to get
that call for another three weeks, I hadn't packed a thing. I was going
to stay a few days so I would have to take a few clothes. We threw
things together and hurried out the door.
The drive that mid December night was quite an experience. We were certainly not expecting to drive to Tulsa in the middle of the night in a bad snow storm three weeks before the expected arrival of our first grandchild; a grandson. But, our Jeep Grand Cherokee held the road and the closer we got to Tulsa, the heavier my husband's foot got on the gas pedal.
Until you have experienced the birth of your first grandchild, you can't possibly know the excitement I felt when he was placed in my arms for the first time. I gazed at his sweet little face and I couldn't keep the tears from flowing.
Now almost 31 years later, I'm a great-grandmother of a beautiful little baby boy. I have yet to hold him in my arms but as I think back to that early morning in Tulsa, I can imagine the feeling our Daughter # 2 had when, this past week, she held her first grandchild; a beautiful and oh so perfect grandson.
And, just as I prayed for that first grandchild, I pray for this great-grandchild. I pray that he will grow up in the knowledge of His creator and follow Him all the days of his life.
"Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out;
you formed me in my mother’s womb.
I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking!
Body and soul, I am marvelously made!
I worship in adoration—what a creation!
You know me inside and out,
you know every bone in my body;
You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit,
how I was sculpted from nothing into something.
Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth;
all the stages of my life were spread out before you,
The days of my life all prepared
before I’d even lived one day." Psalm 139:13-16 (The Message)
The drive that mid December night was quite an experience. We were certainly not expecting to drive to Tulsa in the middle of the night in a bad snow storm three weeks before the expected arrival of our first grandchild; a grandson. But, our Jeep Grand Cherokee held the road and the closer we got to Tulsa, the heavier my husband's foot got on the gas pedal.
Until you have experienced the birth of your first grandchild, you can't possibly know the excitement I felt when he was placed in my arms for the first time. I gazed at his sweet little face and I couldn't keep the tears from flowing.
Now almost 31 years later, I'm a great-grandmother of a beautiful little baby boy. I have yet to hold him in my arms but as I think back to that early morning in Tulsa, I can imagine the feeling our Daughter # 2 had when, this past week, she held her first grandchild; a beautiful and oh so perfect grandson.
And, just as I prayed for that first grandchild, I pray for this great-grandchild. I pray that he will grow up in the knowledge of His creator and follow Him all the days of his life.
"Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out;
you formed me in my mother’s womb.
I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking!
Body and soul, I am marvelously made!
I worship in adoration—what a creation!
You know me inside and out,
you know every bone in my body;
You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit,
how I was sculpted from nothing into something.
Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth;
all the stages of my life were spread out before you,
The days of my life all prepared
before I’d even lived one day." Psalm 139:13-16 (The Message)
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