A Little Like Me??

Have you ever looked at your kids and said to yourself, "Geez, she's a brat just like me!" Or...."Wow! He totally looks like me!" I often find myself doing that. However, recently, I noticed myself observing my nieces and nephews. I was looking for some kind of trait that would link them to me. None of them look like me at all. Most of them have light hair and light eyes. I was hoping at least one of my nieces or nephews would look like me so that I could tease my siblings. Could I get just one dark-haired, curly-topped, dark-eyed niece or nephew?? Well....that just didn't happen. But...I noticed that several of them have my personality. They are all funny, sassy, clever kids.

Just today I noticed that my niece, Delayna is right-handed but eats with her left hand...just like me!! How cool is that? As I sat at her school pancake breakfast, I looked over to see her eating with her left hand. I pointed out the similarity to her and we both laughed. Funny how little things are inherited, huh?

Although I am 5'8" and my Grandmother was only 4'11", we have the exact same hands. I call them midget hands. I'm a freak! So tall, with big feet and midget hands. lol Everytime I look at my hands, I am reminded of my Grandmother. Now that she's gone, I love looking at my hands. I miss her so much and I feel like I'm carrying around (literally) a part of her with me. Those hands worked so hard during her life. I really consider myself blessed to have them. :)

Maybe one day when my niece is saying something funny or eating with her left hand, she will remember me fondly. She will remember the day, at her pancake breakfast, that we laughed.