The reason grandparenting is so great was revealed to me this week on a visit to my daughter's family.
The grown child that you are visiting is still beloved entirely by you both. She's your child! Just because she grew to adulthood, and married and produced off-spring doesn't diminish your love. Then, there is the off-spring. This child is at the stage your brain remembers the now-adult child, so you get to experience all the joyful parts of her life again! At the same time you're enjoying the grown-child-parent still---the relationship is different, but the love is still the same. And you get to re-live the exhuberance of childhood with a littler version of her, sort of. This little kid just thinks you are the Coolest Thing Ever, too, dropping in occasionally with new books, new socks, and trips in the car without Mommy or Daddy that involve lemonade and licorice!
All the joy and love again---but this time you're not in charge of the drudgery!
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Sounds good. Where do I sign up?
I believe you already have "signed up", but your train doesn't leave for about 20 more years...(Hopefully S-Boogie waits at least this long before reproducing.)
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