August 10th:
I think I've lost sight of what grandparents do...
It's been a long time since I've been in super close relationship to grandparents. I've got a few left, a couple live in Florida and one lives up north. But then there are my children's grandparents also- our mom's and dads.
I'd love for my kids to have a close relationship with their grandparents. That's one of the relationships I've come to dote upon and think about more often as I get older.
I'll never forget going up north, waking up in the morning to the peace and quiet in the woods, hearing grandma whipping up a fantastic breakfast in the kitchen. Or the time grandpa woke my sister and I up to the 1812 overture, while conducting it with pencils.
Or going over to my other grandparents house, helping grandma feed the birds, making pancakes or playing with the old out of tune piano.
There's wisdom that radiates fourth from grandparents, I would love for my kids to experience what I experienced and more. But what happens more in this age of technology; distance and over all busyness? What happens to those relationships? That's why I'm asking because I really don't know.
I used to love going to my grandparents houses, they were familiar to me, they were a slice of home away from home.
What happens in this age where close relatives are more like distant strangers? Where does that leave the kids? I do wish things were more like they used to be and the ideology of: it takes a village to raise a child, was still honored. Kids miss out on so many other things as it is, why must it be the grandparents too?
I think I've lost sight of what grandparents do...
It's been a long time since I've been in super close relationship to grandparents. I've got a few left, a couple live in Florida and one lives up north. But then there are my children's grandparents also- our mom's and dads.
I'd love for my kids to have a close relationship with their grandparents. That's one of the relationships I've come to dote upon and think about more often as I get older.
I'll never forget going up north, waking up in the morning to the peace and quiet in the woods, hearing grandma whipping up a fantastic breakfast in the kitchen. Or the time grandpa woke my sister and I up to the 1812 overture, while conducting it with pencils.
Or going over to my other grandparents house, helping grandma feed the birds, making pancakes or playing with the old out of tune piano.
There's wisdom that radiates fourth from grandparents, I would love for my kids to experience what I experienced and more. But what happens more in this age of technology; distance and over all busyness? What happens to those relationships? That's why I'm asking because I really don't know.
I used to love going to my grandparents houses, they were familiar to me, they were a slice of home away from home.
What happens in this age where close relatives are more like distant strangers? Where does that leave the kids? I do wish things were more like they used to be and the ideology of: it takes a village to raise a child, was still honored. Kids miss out on so many other things as it is, why must it be the grandparents too?
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