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There are moments in life that do not arrive with trumpets. They come quietly, wrapped in a blanket, making tiny noises in the crook of someone’s arm. Then, without warning, they rearrange everything inside you. Becoming a grandma has been one of those moments for me. When I see my daughter and her partner holding their baby, my heart does something I do not quite have words for. It swells, aches, softens, and steadies all at once. I watch them learning the small language of

One thing that puzzled me after losing Mum was why I didn't fall apart? I had expected to be an absolute mess when the grief hit and yet I wasn't. Sure, I cried and felt sad but the utter devastation I was expecting never happened. So why was this so?

“Within the cycle of anxiety, the joy of being alive is lost. Our world gets smaller and smaller.” — Jennifer Shannon