I have always lived in the me. In the now. And sometimes even in the past.
I've been a friend to many.
I've been an enemy to some.
Yet still I share a last name with someone who no longer represents me and who quite possibly never did.
But it is after-all, only a name or a word to which I parted from long ago.
And so I've come to think of myself over the years only by my first name; separating myself from my last.
Steffanie.
Strong.
Sturdy.
Sure.
Social.
Simple......and so much more.
All words that begin with S. 
Self confident..

Then in June of 2009, S was no longer about me...Steffanie.
It was, in essence, a new beginning if you will; a passage into another life.
A place you don't realize exists until it's door opens...and there you are peeking in and longing to see more.
To explore.
You see, my granddaughter, Stevie, was born.
And suddenly S was for Stevie.
Not just her name, but in her every being.
Special
Sweet
Splendid
She was Smashing and I knew she'd be Smart.
She wouldn't be a representative of her last name, but only her first.
The S will represent her as it had me, but she will come to define it herself.
Already she has.

And what would become of me?
Quite simply, I will now be defined with an N.
Nana.
I like it.
It's simple, just like the S.
With it I will learn new things.
To be Nimble again.
To say No less.
I'll Notice more and take Note more often.
I'll Nourish this little girl who now carries the S.
Sometimes the S will be light and sometimes it'll be heavy.
But as my Grandmother helped my Mother
As my Mother helped me
As I helped my daughter
Stevie will have support for her S.
I know she'll be strong.
Stable and Sure.

Nothing will Stop her.
And me, now the representative of the N, can't wait to watch the Success of the S.
Stevie.