I am trying to not get overwhelmed with the thought of a blog post. Every time I sit down to write I get overwhelmed and then walk away.
Not today!! Here goes...
I had the privilege of having my dearest grandmother (Libby aka Nan-Naw) come and stay with Josiah and me this past week. It was a special trip for so many reasons. Nan-Naw and I have always had a special connection. My parents had me when they were teenagers, and for a while we lived with Nan-Naw in the house where my parents and sisters live now. She would always take me to broadway shows, plays, and operas when I was younger, and we developed a deep appreciation for going to plays and things together. Long before we knew that Josiah and I would end up living in NYC (still so surreal,) we had planned to take a trip to the Big Apple and see a Broadway play ON Broadway. Shortly after we completely decided on moving here, we planned for her to come visit the week of my birthday! This got me through the rough beginning of October, and onto the FUN part of having Nan-Naw here to explore with. She had never been to the City before, so she was as excited as I was!!
We had an amazing time. She was an energizer bunny when it came to being out and about! We did multiple walking tours back to back, saw the view of the City at night from the Empire State Building, saw the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, saw the amazing The Last Bison play live in the Lower East Side, and so much more. She is incredible, and I'm glad I got to experience a lot of those for my first time as well with her. :)
One of my favorite parts of spending quality time with Nan-Naw is the stories she will tell me about her past, and about her family history. It's like going back in time to a decade that I was never able to see with my own eyes, and getting vivid pictures and nostalgia for family members who passed before I could build relationships with them. This picture below is a picture of my great grandmother. Nan-Naw was raised in Mississippi, and still calls her mother "Mother," and it's the sweetest thing. I love hearing stories about Mother's grace and kindness, her beauty and her loving spirit.
I am so thankful to have such quality memories with my Nan-Naw. Heritage is a wonderful, incredible thing. One day, Lord willing, I will have children and grandchildren of my own, and I will never ever stop telling the stories of my Nan-Naw and Mother and what a beautiful heritage we were blessed to be given.
xo Wynt in the City
Not today!! Here goes...
I had the privilege of having my dearest grandmother (Libby aka Nan-Naw) come and stay with Josiah and me this past week. It was a special trip for so many reasons. Nan-Naw and I have always had a special connection. My parents had me when they were teenagers, and for a while we lived with Nan-Naw in the house where my parents and sisters live now. She would always take me to broadway shows, plays, and operas when I was younger, and we developed a deep appreciation for going to plays and things together. Long before we knew that Josiah and I would end up living in NYC (still so surreal,) we had planned to take a trip to the Big Apple and see a Broadway play ON Broadway. Shortly after we completely decided on moving here, we planned for her to come visit the week of my birthday! This got me through the rough beginning of October, and onto the FUN part of having Nan-Naw here to explore with. She had never been to the City before, so she was as excited as I was!!
We had an amazing time. She was an energizer bunny when it came to being out and about! We did multiple walking tours back to back, saw the view of the City at night from the Empire State Building, saw the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, saw the amazing The Last Bison play live in the Lower East Side, and so much more. She is incredible, and I'm glad I got to experience a lot of those for my first time as well with her. :)
View from the Empire State Building!
My fave ice cream ever at van Leeuwen's
Our oober excitement about her arrival!
Taking the East River Ferry from Greenpoint to Pier 11
Our friends The Last Bison rocking it out at Mercury Lounge
We got to check off "see a Broadway play" off our bucket list when we saw Beautiful: The Carole King Musical this week!!! It was everything we hoped it would be. The crowd was older and really TRULY appreciated the way Carole King's music had been incorporated into the show. It was pure magic and I loved every second of it.
Our Broadway play attire
I am so thankful to have such quality memories with my Nan-Naw. Heritage is a wonderful, incredible thing. One day, Lord willing, I will have children and grandchildren of my own, and I will never ever stop telling the stories of my Nan-Naw and Mother and what a beautiful heritage we were blessed to be given.
xo Wynt in the City
