My son Bryan (20 and living in another state) called yesterday afternoon.... from his neighbor's house.

And apologized for not calling for 2 weeks... unusual for him.

And said I have something to tell you... promise you will not get mad.   Not something you ever like to hear...

 NOPE can't promise that, but you have survived my anger before...

OK... Mom I got married Sunday. 

And you have a granddaughter.  

OK So the details...

They have been *friends* for 6 months. Her name is Leona. Her dd is Jordyn and she will be 2 in Sept. They drove to Vegas got married... drove back.

Alrighty then.

My first reaction was "he is kidding me"... have you all read that bit where the dd sends her parents a note saying she did all these off the wall things... ending with actually she she just got 2 bad grades and wanted them to have some perspective? That flashed through my mind....

So. I talked briefly to Leona on the phone... got to hear Jordan say "hi".

In a moment without warning I became a mother in law (I WILL CHOOSE to be a mother in love... love is a verb I tell my dc) and a Gramma.

No I did not lecture him... he knows our beliefs and thoughts and there was no sense rehashing any of them. He made to choice to join with someone in marriage and create a new family... before God.... now my job is to support that *unit*.... not MY son... but this new family. They are now one and I will treat them as such.

Next step is to get to know my new DIL. All I currently know is her name and birthdate.

Harold's reaction for the record mirrored mine... and when he called on his way home last night started with "How you doing Gramma?".

Becca is pretty quiet... shocked too. Aaron & Isaac were bouncing off the walls yelling "I'm an uncle!!" Molly cried... she wanted to be a flower girl. Caleb on down are just too young.

Micah gained a niece more than a year older than he is.... Jordyn is 6 months younger than my Noah.

My mom... "I'm a GREAT grandma"

So LOL I keep saying "So"...

Welcome to our family Leona and Jordyn.