More and more, when this Grandma looks in the mirror, she sees her mother. It is interesting because all my life I was told that I look like my father. When we look at newborn babies they change by the minute. Babies and young children change who they look like frequently. I guess I must say that as we age, we begin to see our mothers, not only in how we look but how we act.
My youngest daughter recently told me that she sees me in herself more and more. I wonder if this is a good thing!
In the Sunday Times Magazine, August 11, 2013, in the “Having It All” column, Rachel Bertsche, writes of “The Mom Time Bomb.” She says:
Worried you’re turning into your mother? Too late. According to a new poll conducted by the British website Dotty Bingo, at age 31 daughters start to like the same TV shows, adopt the same hobbies and utter the same phrases as the women who raised them.
“Girls want to see themselves as very different from their mothers, but as they age – and have kids of their own – they see more connections,” says Deborah Tannen, linguistics professor at Georgetown Universtiy and author of “Your’re Wearing That?” ”There’s a constant questioning: Am I like her or not like her? Are we close or not?
We use our mothers as our touchstones, which is actually kind of sweet.”
So what do you say about a Grandma who “starts to like the same TV shows, adopts the same hobbies, and utters the same phrases” as the women she raised! A proud mother who love being close to and learning from her amazing daughters. Now I must get back to my I Pad and the game app, “Candy Crush Saga,” thanks to my oldest daughter hooking me on it!
Joy,
Mema
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