My Granny Cranney

Mummy went out to the Diana Krall Concert tonight so Josh got to spend some one-on-one time with Granny Cranney. What can we tell you about Granny Cranney ... well she is an INCREDIBLY special and important person in our lives. She looked after Josh from within 2 hours of being born until we adopted him at 39 days old. She has stayed in our lives as a surrogate grandmother and she calls Joshua her grandson - and does so with pride and love. In her thick Scottish accent, she has always called Joshua ... "my little Jimmy" .. and that is her own special name for him. She is a mother of 9 and a grandmother of 22 (including Josh) - wow!

We talk regularly, almost weekly, and if she hasn't seen Joshua in a few months, she invites herself in and insists that we go out for an evening so she can have some time with ... just Josh.

We have grown to love Granny Cranney very much and think of her as part of our family. The bond and connection between her and Josh is unspoken, it is simply 'just there'.

We made heart-shaped cookies for Granny Cranney tonight and Josh said they were heart-shaped "because we love you Granny Cranney" - and indeed we do.

Josh and Granny Cranney eating ice-blocks out on the deck ... just chatting and sharing secrets