Visiting Grams

I've heard it said that children have a sense for things. After today I have to say I believe it. Usually when we go visit great grandma Hadley isn't too into it. We are there for a short while before she is ready to go and do bigger and better things. She usually won't sit still and just wants to push grandma around in her wheel chair. Today was different.

When we got there grandma was in bed. I went into her room and asked her if she wanted us to stay or leave if she was taking a nap. She told me, as she cried, that she wasn't taking a nap, just having a bad day. Her roommate had passed away last night and as grandma said, "and I really liked her Jill". So, I decided it was the perfect time for some sunshine in the form of a two year old to take over.

Hadley went right up to grandma and told her not to be sad and to be happy. Then she proceeded to climb into bed with her and get right under the covers. She told me that we should sing great grandma songs so she would be happy. I literally had to keep biting back tears because it was so sweet.

She made grandma pretend to sleep and then would bounce up and "wake her up". She had grandma shaking she was laughing so hard. They sang duets of a bicycle built for two, yankee doodle, and mary had a little lamb. And every once in awhile Hadley would lean over, give grandma a hug and say, "I love you great grandma". Seriously, I could barely stand the sweetness of it all.

I asked her twice if she was ready to go and always her answer was, "no momma, I want to stay by great grandma". We were there for over an hour, it was a little slice of heaven. I'll never forget that visit.