It started some years ago now. I was a young woman fresh out of college raring to go and find a job to start my journey into the world of professional career development. I was called into a very nice bank headquarters in the city for an interview.
The interview seemed to be going well and the interviewer seemed very responsive to me in many ways. I was getting excited as I thought this was going to be an indication of a job that would come my way.
Suddenly, without warning, the woman who was about 35 years my senior set her pen down and looked me straight in the eye as she said,
“I wish you were my mother.”
I was stunned. How do you reply to a comment like that at a job interview. She seemed truly wistful in her comment to me and just sighed and talked a few more moments until it was time for her next interview.
I did not get that job (apparently she did not want her mother working for her- HAHA) but I did start to see a curious phenomenon start happening. I was meeting people of all ages that would say the same thing to me. Several moments after talking or perhaps it was after a longer conversation, someone would stop and say that they really wish I was their mother or grandmother even though in some cases, the person was older than me by quite a bit.
It was at that point that I realized that there was a big need out there for people to go where they could feel connected to MOM or GRANDMA and feel at home and safe to talk and to visit once in a while, or perhaps more often.
Time With Grandma
Over the years this concept has been developing in my heart and I decided some time ago that I would reserve this site for such a place. That time has come.
The goal of this site is to welcome those of you who want to connect with Mom or Grandma. Perhaps you have not ever had a mother or grandmother figure that you could feel safe with. Maybe you just lost your mom or grandmother or favorite aunt? Maybe you are a mom or grandmother who really wants to connect with others who need you.
I want this to be home of some sort to those of you out there who would love to connect and put your feet up for a while.
I would love to have conversations, ask questions, have topics, whatever happens in the current of things with this site where you can interact daily, weekly, or perhaps just for a short season. I am willing to give it a try and if it works out, then we can see where it goes from there.
For now you can call me Grandma Vivian after a person in my life who was very precious to me and who was one of those rare people that felt like going home whenever I was with her.
Welcome home, dear one. I hope you can find some sort of happy place here.
And by the way, for those who misbehave, I believe in time outs, so if you want to come home, you gotta respect all of us here and the place or if you refuse, you can move on to another location.
See you on our next visit.
Gramma Vivian
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