Betty Shepard

Fun fact about grandmothers.

We work hard on disciplining our children so that they turn out to be responsible and awesome adults and so when the time comes that they become parents themselves, we slowly transition from one strict parent to an overly indulging grand parent.

Congratulations! You are now officially the person who will spoil the kids and fight with parents.

Betty was never given the chance to be with her only granddaughter since she was born. There were rarely a night that she craved to be in that same bedroom, cradling her newborn granddaughter.

She was desperate during the early weeks of grandmotherhood. She had the urge to call Teresa now and then to check if she was near labor. The only call she gets was once a moth and it was just mandatory checking-in-to-see-if -we-are-both-alive calls.

It was not until that October night , mid week, that Teresa called her twice that month and it meant only one thing.

Labor.

“Mom.” Teresa’s raspy voice was heard on the end of t