How do you know your kid is a good mom? How do you know for sure that she and her wife are great parents? How is it possible for your heart to melt and hold more love than you thought it could? Here's a story.
Wednesday night, Kati, Cass and River came for dinner. Since we weren't going to spend Thanksgiving together, the night before seemed like a great option. And after almost a 2-week isolation due to COVID, I was finally free to see people face-to-face.
It had been a long stretch, too, as COVID was preceded by an 8-day trip to Arizona for me, which was preceded by a too-long period of schedule conflicts, colds, and the like.
Let's just say, I was ready to get my hands on that baby!
She arrived. Bitty Baby in hand. With enough smiles, hugs and kisses to light up the room. (And for the first time, she even brought me a lovely piece of art to hang on my fridge. Gah! These are big moments!)
As you'd expect, she headed right for the toy drawer. In it, she finds an old cordless telephone and brings it out to get down to business. She then grabs the TV remote off the coffee table and gives the phone to me, showing me which buttons to push. She's using the remote, and its buttons, as the second phone and before I know it, we're having a conversation.
"Hello, doctor," she says. I respond in kind. "Hi Dr. River. Can you help me?"
I get some of that adorable toddler chatter that matches the tone of a real conversation, but to my untrained ears, it's mostly gobbledygook.
My turn to talk. I ask Dr. River to fix my knee. I tell her my knee hurts. And the look on her face is priceless. A wave of concern washes over her and before I know it, she's taking a cupped hand and patting it all around my knee. Gently, carefully, and earnestly looking for a response.
I gush and thank her for helping me. I ask if it's all better now and, ...
... without hesitation, she plants the sweetest little kiss on my knee. Her first instinct was to kiss it and make it better.
Then she looks up at me to see if it worked.
Oh, it worked. It worked, sweet girl.
She shows love because she knows love. And this grandma's heart is full.
