Becoming a grandparent for the 1st time....

Becoming a grandparent for the first time is an exciting and a little scary event. When you are first told the news you immediately start thinking. What will you be called, there are so many grandparent names, and will you have a traditional name or one that only a grandchild can come up with. You start remembering the experiences you had with your own Grandparents. You remember the experiences you had with your own children, will it be the same or a whole different world. You start listening to the grandchildren stories of your friends and family, all the while wondering what your experience will be like. You start planning the things you want to do the same as when you raised your children, and what you would do differently. You start accessing your home to see if it is child friendly and make mental notes of what will need to be changed. You imagine what it will be like to hold your grandchild for the first time and know that you are there to love them and protect them, but their parents are there to raise them. You wonder if your child and spouse will raise them with the same morals and standards you raised your children with.  Tomorrow I will meet my first grandchild....Please send up prayers that the delivery goes well...and Mom and baby will be safe and happy.....