Although I thought Princess Rosebud just about said it all; aspiration as well as inspiration, I’ve been renamed.
For most of my life, the most wonderful way to get my attention was to hear my son call out “MOM or Mommy!” and I’d immediately stop what I was doing and give my 100% laser-focused attention to Angel Boy.
I never thought I’d become an obnoxious grandmother; it’s a huge surprise to me, but I confess that I’m REALLY obnoxious. I show pics of Theo to friends at the gym and complete strangers. He’s the most amazing child in the world. HE IS, I promise you.
But now things are different. I still love to hear my son refer to me as Mom, but it doesn’t touch my heart the way it does when Theo, Angel Boy 2.0, wants his “AmmahAmmah”.
It’s the most beautiful sound in all the land, along with the song of the coyote and the howl of a wolf.
Theo first named me “Gammma” and it’s morphed into “AmmhaAmmah”, which sounds cool and hip and a for sure guarantee that he will forever and ever get every single toy that he will ever want.
Those eyes, that hair, oh yes, he’s my heart of hearts.
What do your grandkids call you?
You are so lucky! My kids are still not putting out the grand-kids. All those sex ed talks did more good than I thought… Ha!. None of them are married, either!
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LOL. I never thought I’d have one either as they had been married 10 years and were in grad school most of the time. I think it was kind of a surprise to us all!
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What a pleasant surprise!
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My first grandchild began calling me G-mom and it stuck. We were looking at a Sesame Street picture book for the letter G. Big Bird had a picture of his grandmother in his wall. G for grandma became g-mom. Before that he called me mom-mom
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Love that! G-mom is so cool! MomMom is awesome too!!
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He’s super cute, and he shares your curls! Congratulations on becoming a grandmother!
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I read this awhile ago and never had a chance to comment. I love the new Amma Amma! it suits you beautifully. 🙂 My mom is Gigi to her grandkids – short for good grandma xoxo
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LOVE Gigi!
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