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All I Could Say Was…”Hello”

I recently watched part of the movie “Sleepless in Seattle”. The line used was a repeat of a line from the movie “An Affair to Remember”: “All I could say was ‘hello.’” “Hello” is one of my favorite words to hear, especially when it comes as a phone call from one of my grandchildren.

My almost three-year-old grandson has a beautiful sing-song voice. He calls from his mother’s cell phone and so I am not sure who I will speak with when I answer the phone. “Hello, Mormor.” My heart melts. No matter what I am doing, I stop and spend a few minutes to find out what is going on in his world. I enjoy conversations with his mother and now his baby brother can listen in and can hear me tell him that I love him.

My almost two-year-old grandson also calls me to talk. Recently, he started saying “hello” when I answer the phone. I repeat and he repeats. We do this several times before moving on to a conversation.

There aren’t a lot of words in our conversations sometimes, but he listens as I sing or tell him about my day or we remember a shared experience. The most important part of the conversation is when I talk to my grandchildren about loving them. I think that the greatest gift we can give our grandchildren is to let them know that we love them.

Yesterday, I spoke with a grandmother who had travelled a long distance to be with her grandson before he serves a mission for his church. I love to visit with Grace. Each time she comes, I get just a small glimpse into the joy she feels of being a mother and grandmother. She is a role model to me. Yesterday, two of her granddaughters came as we were finishing our visit. They love for her to cook for them. They say to her that she is a “good cooker.” Her grandchildren know that she loves them.

We show our love in so many ways. We speak our love, our actions say our love, and most of all we listen to those beautiful words, especially “Hello.” Can you share a story of how you show your love to with your grandchildren?