Posted on 05/22/2010 5:32:34 AM PDT by SLB
Congratulations, your life was just enriched ten-fold!
Finally, with the grandbabies (5 of them), I found, “the joy of motherhood”.
Being a mother was a damned hard job, I knew everything I said and did would affect my offspring, possibly forever.
With the grandbabies, I can skip doing the dishes and go out and make mud pies! The youngest (5 yo) was over Thursday night and we went out to play in the dirt planting tomatoes and admiring birds.
Last night she and Grandpa sat on the couch while her mother and I got dinner together. They were giggling (yes, crusty old grandpa giggles with her) so we listened to see what they were up to. Near as I could tell, they were passing words back and forth and the other had to make a rhyme. When she’d get stuck, he’d whisper a rhyming word to her, she’d giggle and shout out the rhyme, which made him chuckle. They high-fived and it was his turn. All of which made us laugh.
Sounds crazy, but such a simple thing was amazing. All of the worries of the day melt away and life is good.
Congrats!
Your story made me think of something I heard long ago, when I was too young to understand it.
“Grandchildren are the final installment, the PAID IN FULL, that the good Lord gives you.”
I heard it from a lady who was in her 60’s, at a restaurant I worked at when I was still in high school.
Suddenly...I “get it.” :)
Excellent! Congratulations!
Oh that is a sure thing.........Evan (?) will not be wanting for a life in the outdoors that is for sure !
Congrats to all ! (including the democrat :o)......LOL !
Brett Favre, is that you? Congrats, to you and your family! God’s blessings on all of you and the little one.
Maria
You are in for a treat! I have a 4 year old grandson and 9 month old granddaughter. It is a different ballgame!
Remember when your daughter thought you hung the moon? Grandkids think you hung the sun, moon and stars!
Oh ya! The youngest of my kids is 18, they buy what they need/want when they need/want it. This morning I went to TSC (Tractor Supply Company) and the neatest pair of masculine looking John Deere size 0-6 months socks fell into the cart along with the ear mite meds for the dogs.
I love being grame.
I think the best is hearing my name cried out when I arrive somewhere. The first time was at church and they were already sitting in the front and one of them saw me and shouted ‘GramE’s here’. I've been mush ever since.
Cool! If I become a grandpa, I’ll never know.....
Congradulations, I am looking forward to that wonderful day as well. My daughters are 20 and 17 so I ain’t pushin’ but I will be one happy Grandpa.
Congrats.
Congratulations to your family.
Congratulations!!!
Your post brought tears to my eyes, remembering when I became a Nana for the first time two weeks ago today.
Congratulations!
Enjoy, enjoy!
My husband was also not to excited but that all changed 2 weeks ago, the second he laid eyes on his grandson.
Once again, nothing more delicious than baby toes.
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