five generations

I have promised myself and I will also promise all of you that are reading my blogs that they will not all be about the "seriously beautiful" baby that wrapped me around her little, long, graceful fingers so tightly that all I can do is think about her. Unfortunately today that is not the case for I feel the need to share with all of you the happenings of the day. Today was the trip to see the Great-Great Grandmas. Yes these are my Grandmas and we have five generations together for all the ohhs and ahhs plus numerous pictures. There were also the tears and smiles and giggles that follow when one holds a new baby. Seeing these women that have been the matriarchs of their families for so many generations get to hold their first great-grreat- grandchild was so amazing. What did the babe think well she slept throughthe whole thing. Okay to be hinest there were a few eye openings and I think out of the twenty plus pictures taken at each house we managed to get maybe a couple.
Oh how sweet I think it would be to be held, cuddled, loved, and feel so peacefull and content that I could just sleep through the whole event. I know many think, myself included that babies have it so easy. I mean think about it- they sleep (20+ hours a day) wake up  to be fed, changed, dressed, and loved all day long.
Okay while that sounds like fun for a few days I would probably get bored. I apologize for the brief transgression and feel I must get back to the point of this story.
Although Jordyn chose to sleep through most of this visit I am looking forward to showing her the pictures of these wonderful women. I cannot wait to tell her how her Great-Great-Grandma Ruby was the one that made me fall in love wearing heels due to the countless hours she played dress-up in her basement and in the backyard those long far ago summers in my youth. Or how her Great-Great-Grandma Marge was the one that shpwed me how to bake cakes and be the gracious hostess when company showed up unex[pectedly. How it was her that loved to tell stories of the family over and over yet always making them exciting and funny. These two special women will probably not get to share much time with precious little girl because sadly they are aging and time stops for noone. I was fortunate to have these women in my life and will share these gifts with my own granddaughter.
I love looking at old photos of my family and wondering about thoe that I never met and smile at the memories of those that I was so fortunate to meet. It through these people that our own unique histories and stories are created by. Some sadly never get to cherish these and others chose not to. If I can have but one wish for Jordyn is that she too will learn to treasure all the special people that are in her life and that may oe day enter it.
I am not a scrapbooker and am sorry to say that most of the photos are in show boxes and envelopes yet that is okay for when you open up the hope chest or a box you are almost guaranteed to find a treasure of memeories hidden in them. The stories that follow are jus the gift wrapping that holds in the love.