My mother once told me, we are as happy as we make up our minds to be. And, I had made up my mind to take all the time I could with my daughter Leah to be together, talking, loving and laughing, things we chicks do well. We shopped against the clock, made it fun and went to breakfast as a treat. We went to the beach and enjoyed a beautiful day at 73°. I still can’t forget that exquisite day.
We have a large, beautiful family and naturally as a family woman I desire us all to be together occasionally. The Holy Spirit confirmed to me during the past two weeks, our family would all enjoy being together again... I do have perfect peace in that and I thank God for his love.
Wednesday, July 15 brought the end of a visit to our home with our daughter and grandson. Her time here was focused and planned but we manage to do fun things in between. I so much enjoyed the time Noah had with me. We made deep, indelible memories together including short scripts from movies and impressions that telltale our trust and love for each other. He was six years old when he had a proper diagnosis of his condition (Fragile X Syndrome) and when I was told I wept like a baby. In disbelief I boldly said, "No this cannot be, I understand him and I believe he understands me."
Noah is 21 years old now and during our visit we had many long involved conversations. I witnessed his deep thinking and then pausing, he would answer me. We have developed transfixed love and trust in each other and the love that resides there has its own expression. We are known as “two complicated ants” and that is because we follow one behind the other just like ants do and we communicate with our hands to each other just like the ants communicate with their antennae. We are also known as “twins” bearing a very close resemblance to each other and we twin in many behaviors simultaneously. I am and always will be blessed to be his Grandmother.
