I feel that panic coming on, it'd been, how long again, since I had to, look after and take care of, a young, child??? Oh that would be, NEVER!!! Translated…
My granddaughter's nanny took her ten days of holiday, a couple of months ago, my daughter-in-law asked me to step in. I'd thought, playing with my granddaughter was my right, besides, I'd not gone to stay at my son's home a long, long time, I'd, filed my absence slips with the exercise group, my volunteer group, along with my physical and online courses, and told them jokingly, that I'd been, hired as a "temporary Taiwanese maid".
if only, it will, go this, smoothly...photo from online
My friends envied that I still had the values, and some also, warned, that at my age, I shouldn't, strain myself out, especially with my problems of the slipped disc, it'd made me worry more, of how my condition will, worsen, with my young granddaughter's begging me to hold her. And so, other than all the clothes needed for the varied weather changes, my waist protecting band, heating pad, along with the various anti-inflammatory meds, painkillers, the blood pressure medications, and the eye drops and more, all stuffed into my luggage, like I was on a visit to Europe for ten days, and, I'd worried, that if my daughter-in-law sees me hauling this huge luggage, she may worried, that I will, overstay my, welcome and start getting, panicky.
My husband who's still working, worried that I might not be able to, handle our not-yet-a-year-old, active, energetic young granddaughter, and I can only, carried that heart of fears mixed in with the expectancies, headed forward; besides, I'd, designed my younger sisters who are, "great aunts" to come over to sit and chat with me once I got to my son's home, to help me play with my young granddaughter. Seeing how actively they'd engaged in the routes to travel up north, and ordering the tickets, it seemed, that they're, really looking forward to going to their nephew's home to hang out for the very, first time. I hope, that the day that they're set to visit, they won't see me, covered in dust and filth, along with the diapers, the bottles, flying all over my son's, home.
and who knows, maybe it'll be, easy like this...photo from online
From before I'd heard, that after people retired, they would start working full-time or on occasion, to their children's home to babysit, it'd felt, leisurely and ordinary. So how come, when it comes to my turn, and although, I was only asked to help out, why did I feel like I was, sent to the, battlefields, unprepared? I should truly feel grateful now, that my mother was there, in her sixties, watching my son for my day and night, so I never had to, deal with the panics of the babysitting realm. And now, I'd past sixty, would I have what my mother had, taking good care of my, young, granddaughter? I'm certain, that mothers are strong, and grandmothers, stronger!
So, this is, only, on occasion when you were asked by your son to babysit your young granddaughter, and you're, making UP for the times that you couldn't be there for your own child, because you had to work, and now, the shoe's on the, other foot!
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