Teresa’s Blog

Well, it is official. I am a Grandmother. My granddaughter, Chloe Ann Groce, (see www.grocefamily.com for pictures) arrived on Saturday, March 20th. She is a complete and utter blessing! I thank God daily for her, as I have since before her birth.

Who knew that being a grandparent would come with so many different feelings/emotions/changes? The responsibility for coming up with what Chloe will call Mark and I is staggering! For now, I think we’ve settled on Momma J and Poppa J. Innovative, I know. Just can’t picture myself as “Grandma Jenkins” (she was in a wheelchair) and Mark just isn’t convinced that “Pappy Jenkinz” is him (although his children really like that one!).

The biggest and best blessing so far? Hands down: seeing my firstborn, Amanda, loving her firstborn the same way her father and I love her. She is going to be a terrific Mom, and I know that I was able to play a part in that. No bragging, just a humble feeling of gratitude to God for having allowed me to be a part of caring for one of His own, and now for being able to help nurture another generation.

I can’t help but feel that God is continuing to re-create me as I enter yet another phase of my life. The reconstruction never seems to stop. Kinda like Indiana’s road repairs. I’ve never felt better in my life, and I’ve never had more reason to live in a manner that will allow God to continue to use me for as long as He wants me here. (More on that later.) As much as I long to see His face, I’m so enjoying the little blessings He has for me here each day that I can’t help but want to stay as long as possible, and it only makes me love Him more!

Enough with the gushing already! Blessed be the Lord our God, King of the Universe who gives us good gifts from above and brings us to this season:
Grandparenting!