Everyone needs a Nana...

It has come to the time in my work experience where I must find someone to watch Shelby sometimes. David and I have been balancing this schedule semi well however we are now reaching overlapping. This is the one thing about being a working Mom I have been dreading. I don't want someone else to be there for her.

I know from personal experience that having someone else take care of your child can be perfectly wonderful. My Mom was a single working parent and she had to have someone watch my sister and I full time. She chose my Nana. Nana wasn't related by blood but over time she was our family. I still remember the story of how my Mom and Nana met. My Mom was mowing her lawn, 7 months pregnant mind you, when this grandmother type woman from across the street came over and told her that when her baby was born she was going to watch her. And she did.

I loved Nana like a grandmother. I miss her terribly. I can still remember how she smelled and how she gave great big bear hugs that made you feel like you were apart of her. She raised me with my Mom. I spent many years at her house, I would even spend the night for fun. She always left the radio on when she slept and she had the softest pillows. Nana and Tatta were family to me. Nana loved pigeons and gardening. She loved pepsi and court tv. We made tamales and she would heat up flour tortillas for me on her stove. She was always there for me when I was sick, or sad, and she always made me feel special. I even remember that when I would do something I shouldn't of I would go and tell her first and she would convince me to tell my Mom. She is as much a part of my childhood as my own Mom. In fact, every memory with her is a happy memory, except her passing. If she was still with us today she would be first pick in caring for my children.

However...
 
If you know of any Nana's out there who love children, pepsi, homemade tamales, odd birds, music on while sleeping and making children feel like they are the most important people in the world please give me a call!