Proverbs 17:6 Old people are distinguished by grandchildren; children take pride in their parents. (The Message)
The NIV talks about how gray hair is a crown to the aged and to live to see one's grandchildren is considered a great blessing.
I know I'm blessed to see my grandchildren as much as I do and it's special when I get to spend one on one time with them and it's amazing how much I learn when I give them undivided attention. My oldest grandson can share his thoughts and his feelings and his dreams with me, but my other two grandchildren are toddlers and our time is mostly eating, using Play Doh, reading or me asking about Thomas the Train or the Wiggles. Never the less, it's one on one time and we have very special conversations.
I pick my grandson up at his school once in a while and sometimes he's talkative and other times he's exhausted and just wants to sit in his car seat and veg out. One talkative afternoon last week, we saw, in a valley off to the right, a long fog bank and he started asking what it was and why it was there, all the questions a 5 yr old can think of and more questions than I knew answers to.
But I did get to tell him about the Soucook River and how the fog was over top of it all along the river route. I got to tell him how Grammie used to swim in it under the open truss bridge with her friends. He asked to see the place, so we drove down No Pembroke Road and I showed him where I parked my bike and went swimming and now he wants to swim there just like Grammie did. He wants to ride his bike there with his friends too.
Different Grammies have different experiences, but each grandchild is so special in their Grammies eyes. They are all blessings from God and I'm proud to be a Grammie and have these babies at my side. I can't thank God enough for them.
Nancy
