When I Became a Nana

When I became a nana,

On this date, ten years ago,

There were so many things I didn’t

Know I didn’t know.

 

Like how I’d feel to hold my grandson,

Singing him to sleep,

Or how my love for him would bloom

And settle in, down deep.

 

The months and years I’ve watched him grow

Have flown by in a snap,

From when I read him “Goodnight Moon”

While nestled in my lap…

 

Until today, when we discuss

The world and its events.

I marvel at his knowledge

But a part of me laments

 

That times I rocked him in my arms

Were part of bygone days,

Yet I’ll remember always

All the trust held in his gaze.