The Sweetest Words This Grandmother Has Ever Heard

Aside from the fact that I love going to Colorado because it's such a beautiful state, I love to go and visit with my family. The one I love to see the most is my 19 month old granddaughter, Sophia. I'm pretty lucky, that when I'm at home, I get to see her on Skype, but that's not a substitute for those little hugs and kisses that I get when I see her in person.

The most special thing of all, though, is when I walk in the door and that little voice says in a very excited way Nana, Nana. Those are the sweetest words that I have ever heard. Sophia is a very charming and sweet little girl. As we are sitting around playing or whatever we might be doing, she will stop what she is doing and say, "Hi Nana", and I will answer back, "Hi Sophia". The first day I arrived this probably happened 15 times in three hours.

When I was a child, I had a close relationship with my Grandmother, and I want that same kind of relationship with Sophia. When Grandpa Phillip died I was about 6 years old. Grandma Emma came to live with us, but we moved away when I was about 12 years old. Grandma didn't want to leave where all of the rest of her family lived, and so she stayed behind. We were always so excited to see our Grandma Emma when she came to visit. I missed her terribly at first. When she came to visit she would usually stay for months at a time.

I normally wait until my son invites me to come for a visit. Which, luckily for me, is quite often. This time he called me up and told me of a concert that the Colorado Sympony was playing that he knew was my favorite (On March, 12^th they played Scheherazade). Now you might think, why would she go all the way to Colorado for a concert? There are two reasons. One is that my son plays principal trumpet with the symphony and the other is I want to visit with my granddaughter.

Scheherazade was just the excuse to get me to Colorado. So I did what I thought I wouldn't do. I booked my airline flight ( I wrote a piece on Flying is No Longer Fun), and off I went. So here I am looking forward to spending a lot of fun time with Sophia and her Mommy and Daddy. I have lots of plans for places to go and things to see. You may have seen some of my photos of sights from around Colorado already.

When Sophia gets a little older, I'll tell her about my Grandma Emma, and the fun things that we used to do. That way Sophia will get to know about people in my life who made a difference. She hasn't come downstairs yet this morning. I'm looking forward to hearing those words as she comes in the room of, "Hi Nana". I can hardley wait.

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