Well here I sit writing this while my grandson is asleep. My wife and I were very happy when we got the call from the kids asking us to come help fill the gap between when the baby was born and when their scheduled day care would kick in. I told everyone that we had been "called up to the majors" to explain why were heading to California.
Sam is wonderful and is a blessed addition to the family. We now have 2 grandchildren (Cady and Sam) and it great being a grandparent. Now mind you I did not think that was going to be the case. I started out not sure if I was ready to be a grandparent, was I old enough? was I smart enough? Turns out you become a grandparent even if you are not ready.
When I look at my grandkids I can't help but think about all of the things that are going to come into their lives. the joys, the sorrows, the highs and the lows. In less than a minute I am transfered from tears of joy to the sadness of thinking that someone out there is going to hurt this kid. I am not talking about the hurt of being hit, or assaulted physically, I am talking about getting hurt emotionally. To me that is the pain that will hurt the worse, when we have to explain why a friend lied or said something that hurt there feelings. I can only pray that there will be more Joy than Pain in their life.
My father used to tell me that if he had known that grandkids were so much fun, he would have had them first. I could never understand what he was talking about, until now, If my dad were here today, he would have even more fun with his great grand kids.
Our grandchildren accept us for ourselves, without rebuke or effort to change us, as no one in our entire lives has ever done, not our parents, siblings, spouses, friends - and hardly ever our own grown children. ~Ruth Goode
