The Gentle Protector

A few month ago I became a Grandma for the first time ever. This is my son and his beautiful daughter Kollyns. To say she is dreamy and that we are all in love with her would be the grandest understatement that ever there was.

She is literally a sweet piece of heaven. I could hold her for hours upon hours and never tire of it truly. 🙂

When she smiles we all just stare at her in amazement. It’s like there has never been a baby smile quite as perfectly, in the whole creation of time. 😉 You fellow grandparents know what I’m talking about, don’t you!? I suspected she might have this kind of power over us. What I didn’t suspect and what I’ve found to be my favorite part of being a grandma so far…is seeing how sweet my boy Mark is with her. He’s turned into A Gentle Protector. And he’s not the only one who has changed…

The other day Kollyns was staying at our house for a few hours. I had her tucked safely on the couch while she slept. I looked over and my boy Aaron (age 14) was stacking a big pile of pillows on the floor in front of her. When I asked what he was doing he responded…

“The sun is starting to get on her, Mom. I don’t want to wake her up to move her, so I figured this was the next best thing.”

And my heart melted just a little bit. How could it not. The Gentle Protectors have surfaced, after all.