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I fixed my gaze on a photo of a woman about my age holding a young girl aloft in an artful pose I would have loved to imitate. Another was of an older woman, happily doing her stretching exercises with a baby in her lap. I\u2019d saved plenty of ideas about how to <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/exercise\/3-benefits-of-incorporating-exercise-into-your-daily-routine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">share my fitness routines<\/a> with a grandchild of my own. I\u2019d \u201cpinned\u201d dozens of heartwarming sayings too: \u201cBlessed are those who spoil and snuggle, hug and hope, pray and pamper, for they shall be called grandparents.\u201d And \u201cLord, I lift my grandchildren to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These were things I\u2019d never be able to do. It had been two years since my 26-year-old son, Miles, had passed away and with him my dreams of <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/friends-and-family\/family\/grandchildren\/lesley-stahl-on-being-a-grandmother\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">becoming a grandmother<\/a>, of seeing my family\u2019s legacy continue. My sense of worth faded with my dream. I\u2019d always been a fixture at the gym and active at church, where I served as an elder and a member of the choir. But without the hope of grandchildren, my life felt empty. More than once I\u2019d thought of simply deleting this board and all that it meant to me. But I couldn\u2019t bring myself to do it. Instead, it tormented me daily with thoughts of dreams forever lost.<\/p>\n<p>I put my phone facedown in my lap and reached for a cup of herbal tea on the end table beside me, desperately seeking solace. \u201cLet me move forward today,\u201d I prayed, though I couldn\u2019t imagine this day being any different from the rest.<\/p>\n<p>Miles was my husband Bob\u2019s and my younger child. Our older son would likely not be able to father children, and so I had pinned all my hopes on Miles. Being a mother had given me such joy, such purpose. When the boys grew into adults, I\u2019d assumed a new role as keeper of our family\u2019s story, our place in the world. I\u2019d researched our genealogy with the idea of nurturing our ancestral tree for future generations.<\/p>\n<p>And Miles had encouraged me in my quest. \u201cDon\u2019t worry, Mom,\u201d he was always telling me. \u201cWhen I get married, I\u2019m gonna give you grandchildren to spoil.\u201d Our laughter filled the room. \u201cI can commit to three,\u201d he\u2019d say.<\/p>\n<p>I was proud of the man he\u2019d become. He owned his flaws, yet remained compassionate, polite, trustworthy and easygoing. Others could count on him. He excelled academically and after college worked as <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/life-advice\/4-practical-financial-tips-from-a-monk-turned-money-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a financial planner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Known for his dancing skills, one of his YouTube videos had more than 12 million views. His debonair manner, and tall, slim frame captured attention when he strolled into a room with a quiet, commanding presence. To me it was all part of who we were as a family, another branch to a tree I\u2019d imagined growing ever more full. I looked forward to teaching my grandchildren about their roots.<\/p>\n<p>I had endless stories about growing up in the Deep South, where my grandmother had reared me. Even as a girl I\u2019d been inquisitive about my ancestors\u2014especially my maternal side of the family. Occasionally I pulled out the cassette recorder I\u2019d bought with my allowance so I could interview my grandmother. She explained that she could only trace back to her own grandmother, who had died in a house fire as a young mother. How I longed to learn more.<\/p>\n<p>Thinking about the life journeys of all the people who came before me, of their challenges and triumphs, made me feel part of something bigger than myself, a reminder of how God had been a comfort and refuge for us down through the ages. His angels ever present, ever faithful.<\/p>\n<p>As an adult I found new connections by researching my genealogy online. That\u2019s how I learned about the possibility of getting my DNA tested from a saliva sample that could give me clues to my family\u2019s origins from hundreds of years earlier. When the results came back, I felt like I\u2019d unearthed buried treasure.<\/p>\n<p>My ancestors, I learned, were brought over from West Africa, with DNA shared by the people of Cameroon, Nigeria, Congo and Mali. There were indications they\u2019d been sold to slave owners in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. A terrible chapter and yet undeniably part of my heritage.<\/p>\n<p>Online I\u2019d combed through census records, death certificates, and birth and marriage records. Miles was always asking if I\u2019d found anything new to add to our legacy. It had felt like we were partners in the quest.<\/p>\n<p>Now on my couch, I looked again at my phone, at that Pinterest board I\u2019d stopped adding to. Slowly my eyes took in the photos, those strong beautiful women loving on children full of life, the sayings I\u2019d collected, each addition perfectly arranged in tiny squares. One of the quotes, near the top of the board, jumped out at me: \u201cBefore you were conceived I wanted you, before you were even born I loved you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d never really pondered the meaning of those words\u2014how God\u2019s love is truly forever, without beginning or end. Eternal love. Like a pebble dropped in a pond, the ripples extending beyond what the eye could capture, each ripple causing another, growing ever wider. These photos and sayings were a part of me, a celebration of beauty and <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/friends-and-family\/family\/military-families\/spiritual-strength-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strength and spirituality<\/a>. Love that was still a part of me, still waiting to be shared. Even if grandchildren weren\u2019t in my future, there was still something here to be cherished and nurtured.<\/p>\n<p>I thought of the angels who had been a source of strength to my family <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/friends-and-family\/family\/grandchildren\/passing-the-faith-from-generation-to-generation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">through the generations<\/a>. Of how they had surely guided me even in making this Pinterest board. My dreams. Just as my ancestors had dreamed. They hadn\u2019t all come true, not by a long shot. But that too was part of our story.<\/p>\n<p>Legacy wasn\u2019t defined by grandchildren, or even by extended family with shared DNA. So many people had blessed my life\u2014people at church and at the gym, friends I\u2019d known for years, even parents I\u2019d connected with over the grief we shared. I had touched their lives too, in ways I\u2019d rarely stopped to appreciate. Until now. My life, the connections I\u2019d continue to make\u2014my legacy was still unfolding, full of opportunity. And love.<\/p>\n<p>I added a joyful image to my Pinterest board to remind me of my place in the world today and my hope for the future\u2014a future that has been carried on angel wings, dream by dream, story by story, since the dawn of creation. It\u2019s the legacy we all share as one family, all of us the children of a loving God. My legacy held a divine promise in every tomorrow, a future God could see as perfectly arranged as the squares on my Pinterest board.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>For more angelic stories, subscribe to <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopguideposts.org\/magazines\/angels-on-earth-magazine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Angels on Earth<\/strong><\/a><em> magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I snuggled in my favorite corner of the sofa, scrolling through other people\u2019s Pinterest collections on my phone, searching for decorating ideas to freshen up my home. At least that\u2019s what I told myself I was doing. 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