Looking forward to becoming a grandparent....

What a strange feeling it is, the thought that I am to become a grandparent. It is as if a warm kernel is sitting in my heart waiting to bloom.

Many questions are rambling about in my head. Am I going to become my mother? How did I get to be this mature? Will I know what to do?

I have spent the last few months in a frenzy of knitting and buying smalls things and looking out the toys stacked in the attic and wondering about this little boy who will take his place in my life.

My daughter has shared her pregnancy with me almost from conception and it has been a long seven months. So many memories from my own experiences come back and I find myself looking through the photograph albums and remembering.

Less than two months to go now. Christmas eve is the due date- the excitement is building along with the worry.

Are there other grandparents out there who can offer words of wisdom?