Hi, today I have some exciting news to share with you but first let’s grab our cuppa’s & get comfy to enjoy this time together.
As you are aware in many parts of the world it was Mother’s Day over the weekend, celebrating the gift of Motherhood.
This year I received some delicious gf treats so I’ll be muching on these while we share this time together. They’re Salted caramel marshmallows & a little bit of nougat. Yum!
My Word for this year is Season
As previously shared I have adopted the practice of having a Word or theme for the year since 2018. Praying at the end of each year for the new word/theme to be revealed for the coming year.
This year it is Season, which I shared more fully in 2023 a new Season.
And as the year has progressed some ideas have come to mind as to what this New Season may entail, so far what I had in mind hasn’t come to pass.
But something very exciting has been revealed…
And it has to do with the celebration of Motherhood. You see motherhood goes through various seasons from the moment we learn we are expecting that new little life & beyond.
These seasons can be described in the following way;
The arrival of Spring… brings that promised new life, the long awaited child has finally arrived & joined the family, it feels as though they have always been.
Spring times...herald the Joy of watching our child’s budding new growth bloom into something wonderful & amazing.
Summer times...bring hot & sweltering days of doing the hard yards of parenting through love, sweat & tears in the heat waves of life. Often leaving us feeling weary & tired. Wondering if this season will ever end with its constant source of heat & pressure!
Autumn times…with its welcomed temperate days & beautiful colors, this is the season in which our child seems to be in that time of contentment. All seems right with their world & ours!
Wintery times...seasons of quite contemplation, where our child is becoming or has become their own person. Though still needing those times of joining us around a warm & cozy hearth of love & support, especially when those stormy blasts of life come a blasting.
Of course just like our crazy weather patterns, we can experience all four seasons of parenting in one day!
The Season of Grand motherhood
This is an exciting season as we get to experience the joys of having a little fanclub who adore their grandma & of course their grandma adores them.
We get to experience one on one time like no other & view the world through our grandchildren’s eyes as we now have time to enjoy these precious moments together.
It’s such a blessing to enjoy our grandchildren without the daily responsiblity & pressures of having to raise them (although, I recognise there are many grandparents doing this).
All the seasons of grandparenting are a delight but as our grandchildren enter the adolescent years, activities with peers become an important focus in their life & we naturally fade into the background.
This is the time for us grandmothers to persue our interests while continuing to be an example of faith & support as our adult child & their adolescent navigate the tumultuous years of teenagehood.
Remembering Paul’s words;
‘I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.’
2 Tim 1:5 NIV
This is an important ministery we can do for our adult sons & daughters, giving a listening ear, a word of wisdom or encouragement when needed as they do the hard yards in parenting teens.
Maybe taking our adolescent grandchild out for a hot chocolate, when available, to stay connected or sending a well timed text message of love & encouragement.
It’s also a time to continually bring all to the throne of grace in prayer, praying for our children & grandchildren of any age is a powerful blessing which must never be under estimated.
‘With all prayer and petition pray with specific requests at all times
on every occasion and in every season in the Spirit,
and with this in view, stay alert with all perseverance and petition
interceding in prayer for all God’s people.’
Eph 6:18 AMP
As the years pass our young adult grandchildren will seek us out once again as they begin to navigate adult life, marriage &…
2023 is definitely a New Season
And this is the exciting news I have to share with you today, my eldest granddaughter who married her childhood sweetheart during the pandemic is expecting her first child!
Yes, I am to be a great grandmother! And my daughter will now be the grandmother in this little one’s life, the cycle of motherhood continues.
My new season is emerging…stay tuned…
Until next time,
Jennifer
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Jennifer, I am appreciating this ode to grandmother-hood … all six of mine are now teens and they don’t live close. any time we do have is precious indeed, even if we’re not the center of their universe anymore. i kind of miss those years, they were precious. but these days interceding in prayer has become my role.
life was a whole lot easier back in the day …
Thank you Linda…yes life was whole lot easier back when they were little 😉
Oh that is exciting! Congratulations on your first great grandchild!!
Thank you Joanne 😊
Congratulations on your news of the new baby in your family! I agree, it is a blessing for children to have several different generations of their family caring for them and teaching them.
Thank you Lesley! 😊
Congratulations. My grandchildren are now teenagers, so no children from them yet. But I remembered something from raising my kids. Teenagers love to talk to you when you are driving them somewhere and they don’t have to make eye contact. It works again for me with them.
Thank you Elizabeth. Yes, that strategy often works with certain adults too 😉
Perfect!
Wonderful news, Jennifer. Congratulations!
Thank you 😊
As always a beautiful and well written post. I am so excited for you that you will be a great-grandmother. Many blessings, sweet friend 💕
Thank you Pam, it is very exciting! 😊❤️
What a joyful time! We are enjoying the great-grandparenting journey so much. But on a humorous note, I can still remember shortly after our first great-grandchild was born, walking into our son’s home and seeing all these cute and clever “grandparenting” signs (“grandchildren welcome here,” etc.). Somehow it was a shock. I thought wait, those should be at our house! LOL Blessings to you as your prepare for your next season.
Thank you Donna, yes my daughter already has those signs up & it’s seems so strange to see our adult child as the grandparent!
Beautiful words and it occurs to me that if I faithfully view whatever comes with a seasonal mindset, I will be more likely to take grace for it!
Thank you Michele, I like your thinking! We definitely need His grace for each season! 🙏
How exciting! Congratulations!🎊
Thank you, yes we are very excited 😊
We really do need to pray for our children, and their children as well, that they lead and live a bold Christ-like life. This generation coming up isn’t fairing so well.
Yes, Prayer is definitely important as the world at this time has become very concerning indeed.