What makes you coo in public, travel thousands of miles just to spend a weekend baby-sitting, weigh your wallet down with cute snapshots, and simply feel terrific? A grandchild, of course!
The wonder of it all takes every new grandparent by surprise. No one is ever quite prepared for the overwhelming emotion that a newborn grandchild evokes. Joan Holleman and Audrey Sherins said that as the years go on the friendship that develops between grandchild and grandparent can enrich and reward both generations.
As a grandma of almost 7 years, I would like to share with you the many joys I have experienced in grandparenting:
- when my child gave me a grandson, it was like having my cake and eating it, too.
- baby-sitting my grandson is a labour of love; the only compensations are hugs & kisses.
- the first sounds my grandson made were sweeter than my favorite love song.
- the reason I need a large purse is to hold pictures of my grandson.
- there's nothing like my grandson's smile to make me forget my worries.
- my grandson is the bonus for all the work I did as a parent.
- as a grandma, I can enjoy with my grandson, the things I didn't get to do with my child.
- patience is what I learned for all the "whys?" of my grandson.
- spending time with my grandson is life's best preventive medicine.
Being a grandma is one of the joys of growing older. And what could be sweeter than having an admirer who believes you can answer all of life's mysteries?
