Thursday, August 11, 2011
I'M GOING TO BE A GRANDMA!
I am not sure if anyone is actually reading this blog but, if they are, thanks for following it and, an exciting event for me: I am going to be the grandma of a baby boy purportedly due to be born in January! Also, to turn a sad thing into a glad thing, the high divorce and remarriage rate in our current society, though sad, often gives children the opportunity to have more grandparents than they otherwise would have had! And that thought makes me glad! Thoughts on that, anyone?
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Five of our grandchildren are not biologically connected to me. We love them all and enjoy our association with each one. It is great to see them grow and develop. The role of grandparent is not as prominent as it should be in nurturing children. Sometimes the grandparents can be shut out of the lives of their grandchildren due to the strife between the divorced parents. Sometimes remarriage doesn't bring the "new" grandparents in as much as it might. Grandparents can bring stability into the lives of the children where divorce caused turmoil. Having grandchildren is a good thing. All you have to do is love em.
ReplyDeleteWe have grandchildren that are not biologically attached and some that are. We just love them all equally. Sometimes through the strife of divorce, a parent will diminish the role of certain grandparents. This is unfortunate because the grandparents can provide stability in the life of a child or children throughout the turmoil of divorce. If you are lucky enough to have grandchildren, just love em, unconditionally.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the sentiments expressed in your comments. As no child can ever have too much love, it goes without saying that no child can ever have too many loving grandparents either--whether they are biological, adopted, or grandparents through marriage. I never knew any of my grandparents. Three of them had died before I was born, and the fourth was living in the British Isles, and then died while I was still a child. Perhaps that accounts for my great interest in genealogy--the desire to know as much as possible about the grandparents that I never met.
ReplyDeleteI love my step-grandchildren! 2 beautiful girls with wonderful personalities.
ReplyDeleteeach of my 3 grand daughters have a different Mother. The oldest has two girls by one man
ReplyDeleteand a 3rd by another. I love being the Nana they turn to and I am blessed by the fact that I am the closest Nana in proximity which means I get to see them a lot.
I think it's up to the grandmas to make sure that the babies of the world get all the love they need--grandpas, too, of course. The little ones are not only precious to us, they are the future of the world and, for many of us, being their grandparent is the one, best accomplishment of all.
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