Navigating motherhood

“I never wanted to be a grandmother at this age. I still see my child as a baby and now for her to go and have a baby? Well, it really hurtful. I love my grandchild, but I love my daughter and I know how life for her will never be the same but as people say when you don’t hear you does feel,” this sister told me.

She became a grandmother some months ago and while she was happy that her daughter had a safe delivery and the baby is in good health, she is still battling with the fact that she is now a grandmother. We have known each other for many years and are around the same age, so I understand her not wanting to be a grandmother.

“I don’t feel old and I really don’t want nobody calling me granny,” she said, and she laughed, breaking the ice.