Pam came to visit this weekend to celebrate her "Un" Anniversary. In tow, she brought along two VHS videos that she had found since she has been packing to move into her new house.
The first was a video from our 1993 senior prom. My goodness...we were so lame.
The second was a video of my 1996 college graduation. We pressed play, only to realize that the video was a still video of my parents back-yard...someone had placed the camera on my parents back steps and video'ed the same space for hours. We laughed and headed off to bed.
This morning, Pam put the tape back in and decided to rewind it, just to make sure that we didn't miss something. Lo and Behold, there I was walking down the graduation aisle, garbed in cap and gown.
The video panned to my family and friends in attendence.... and there were my Gram and my Nanny. My eyes welled up in tears.
I have had no video of them, no audio of their voices....and suddenly I did.
It's Mothers Day, and today was the day that God allowed my grandmothers a chance to come back to me in their own litte way. Today was the day that they let me know that they are always with me.
In the video, I open up a gift from my Nanny. I said something out loud to my guests like: "she is the reason I that I am here today, she dispensed my dad." How funny that I would choose to say those words and Pam would decide to play this video for me today...my first almost mothers day!
Jimmy also scored some big points today as well. I walked downstairs this morning. There on our breakfast bar was big bouquets of flowers and a cake with a card from Jim, as well as a planted tulip and a card that said Mommy.
I opened Jim's card first. It was beautiful, of course. It said: For the Woman I love to Love. He has the ability to choose really sweet cards. Below all of the flowery words, he wrote: Remember you asked if I was scared to become a parent? I am not. The reason is YOU. You make such a great wife. You will be an even better MOM!!!
How wonderful is my husband? How marvelous is he? How blessed am I to have him?
My Mommy card said simply: I love you , Mommy! See you Soon. Love Baby Grayson or Audrey.
Thank you Lord, for the wonderful and familiar old faces that I saw today and for the sweet face that I will be seeing very soon!
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