Being a grandparent is one of the greatest things in the world, well besides being a Mom or Dad. We have 11 grandchildren and each of them holds such a special place in my heart. We got to spend some quality time with three of our grandchildren this past week and had the opportunity to attend a concert at our granddaughter's school. She plays the viola and it was a joy to watch these young people as they each worked so hard to do their very best to perform. Our granddaughter practices 30 minutes each day four days a week so she doesn't have to bring her instrument home on the weekend. Now isn't that clever? But she doesn't miss practicing because it is important to her to do her best. Her brothers are so full of energy that I wish I could just touch them and get some of it. One grandson couldn't wait to get into 3rd grade so he could learn to write cursive. I was impressed at what a good job he does considering that he's only been in school a few short weeks. The youngest grandson is in kindergarten and is learning how to type. Wow! What kids learn and know today at such young ages is such a surprise to me as grandmother. But the thing that tickled us so much was they met us at the door as we got there and as we were leaving, they were at the window waving at us.
This would be really impressive if it were just one of our daughter's children but all of them do this. What a joy it is to know we are loved and they look forward to our coming. Sadly we don't get to see all of them that much and that makes us so sad as we love each of them so much.
We have two that are into sports and each play soccer and boy are they good. Just so fun to watch them play and see how much they have improved each time. We don't get to see them much as they live a ways away from here.
Then we have four others that live about five hours drive from here and they are delightful also. The two older ones are into "grown" up things but are still happy to see us and will chat with us and that is fun to feel included in their lives. The two younger ones hang around with us constantly when we go there and that is such fun.
We are fortunate to have two living with us right now and it's fun that they like having us around too. Although, I think they feel like we just belong here because the oldest one really doesn't remember living without us. The youngest one is still too young to know any different.
All and all we are so blessed to have all of these lovely grandchildren.
