It's Been Awhile

I have not been a good blogger....I'm going to try and change that! Sometimes I think I just analyze the hell out of what I want to write...and that creates a blank empty white page....so no more...I will write anything that pops into my mind...within reason. This blog is about being a Nana who lives thousands of miles away from my munchkins and really wants to pretend that the miles don't matter...but the truth is sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. The negatives are obvious...I can't just pop over when I absolutely need to hear my Brynnie girl's version of "You Are My Sunshine"...the happy sweet version and the dark version..or when I am craving the logic and explanations that only my 3 yr JJ can give about why he doesn't want day old Kraft dinner and why cookies are a suitable substitute for cereal for breakfast...and to listen to my Devin Riley say Nana "guess what" and get a 7 yr olds rendition of all the exciting things that happen in a 1st graders life...those are the obvious things that have to be planned ahead of time either through phone calls or Skype...but the positives are there too...I'm guessing...not really convinced of that yet...I'm always the Nana that comes for vacations and "special" visits...I'm the Nana that lives in California where it is always warm and sunny and has lots of palm trees and the "possibility"of running into Miley Cyrus or Demi Lovato....after all it IS California. Not the everyday Nana who can pitch in when Mom needs a break or its date night for the exhausted parents...or the one who doesn't have to buy a plane ticket to see school concerts...ok now I am whining...sorry...its only been a week since they were actually in my house learning all there is to know about Nana & Papa's life in California...what my kitchen looks like...where I buy groceries....that Nana has a "cool" car and Papa likes "old fashioned things" that Nana knows to have lots of apple juice and yogurt...vanilla...strawberry and peach...and that Dora can come on her TV 24/7. The best part of 3 weeks with those 3 amazing little creatures is how thankful I am that they live in this far off place that allows them to experience childhood in a way that has been long gone in fast paced busy California...that they actually get a childhood. So as hard as it is somedays...and how crazy this bi-coastal... two country life can be sometimes...it is worth every single second...and Nana & Papa will work hard to be able to make the day to day grandparenting thing more of a reality.