Juju.....the name I'm called now. Mostly by Brian and soon by my sweet Sadie May. AK has found it funny to call me this now. She laughs and says, "Hey Juju, I need you!!" Timmy has even called me this ever so endearing name to me. Most people think this is a new "nickname" that I have come up with because of the dreaded name I don't want to be called. The ever feared name that means I'm getting OLD!! Granny, Grandma, Grandmother, Nanny, some have even joked with me and said Halmoni! I don't mind that I am going to be a Grandma soon...in fact I love it!!! I love that I am going to be able to take care of Sadie May and love on her and spoil her and get my baby fix and then hand her right back to Chelsy and Josh and get a full nights sleep!! I don't mind being a Granny at all! I didn't choose to be called Juju because I'm afraid of getting old. This isn't a new nickname. It's actually an old nickname. Probably one of the oldest and dearest and sweetest nicknames I've ever had......and one I had forgotten.....................
And how appropriate that Brian calls me Juju now......cause it's because of Brian....Brian Hall that is, that I remember this dear, sweet nickname today. Well, perhaps Brian or perhaps Lauren because they are notorious nickname people. If you're around them long enough, you've been given a nickname from them too....there's Lala, B, Bai, B Again, the Twinkies, Banana, Timbo, Tata, Babs, Jenn,.....I think you get the picture.....no one is called by their rightful name. Well, one day Brian called me Juju and I stopped dead in my tracks. I hadn't been called Juju in years!! Another man called me Juju who was also notorious for given nicknames. It was my Papa. He always called me Juju!! Most of the time, I was his Juju Buddy!!! "Hey my Juju Buddy!!" When I heard Brian say Juju, a flood of emotions went over me immediately!! And I missed my Grandpa, grandfather, granddaddy, my Papa Buddy!!! I was his Juju Buddy and he was my Papa Buddy!!! Oh, and there was Manda Panda too....and we called him PeePaw and PaaPaw....don't really remember what he called the boys!! Maybe it was just us girls. But oh, how I love my Papa Buddy and I didn't remember I was his Juju until Brian said it that day. I know every time I'm called Juju, I will remember the wonderful man that first called me his Juju Buddy and how much I love being a Juju.
So, it's not because I don't want to get old or be called Granny or Grandma or Halmoni....it's just because I want to be called Juju because it reminds me of a sweet, old man who first gave me that nickname and I miss him very much everyday!
I love you, Papa!!!
