One of our old friends put a note on his Christmas card this year saying that he and his wife were looking forward to having their first great grandchild this summer. He was very excited and well he should be! It is an experience like no other.
When I had my first child my mother shared with me one of her philosophies. She advised against boasting or bragging about your child or children. Her reasonning being that if the person you were bragging to has children of their own, they did not want to hear about yours and if they don't have children of their own, they do not want to hear about yours. I could identify with that pretty much so I tried to follow her advise. (Even though my children WERE superior, and for that matter so also were my grand children). However; I think with great-grandchildren you should be able to dispence with that philosophy. So, for future reference for most of you, I hereby give you a dispensation. If your great-grandchildren are adorable, brilliant, comedic, and just downright cute, go ahead and let everyone know it. After all, they are three generations away from you so you can't take all the credit for their good qualities.
I have been able to get to know all of them. Some better than others.They bring you such joy and pleasure. One visited me in the hospital a few years ago at her own request. Her dad said he was coming to see me and she asked if she could go along. She crawled up into the bed with me and cuddled. When she was leaving, she asked if she had made me feel better.
Seeing her walk into the room, made me feel better! They make greeting card for me, write me letters, one sends me post cards when he and his family travel. When one heard me say that I was just 'plain' old, he objected. He said," You are old but you are not plain!"
I drink cokes that come in the original little eight ounce bottles, most of them refer to those as my baby cokes. It is a special treat to get to drink one when they visit. One time one of the grandsons asked if he could have one of my baby cokes; his three year old daughter watched as he got the coke out of the fridge and opened it. She came to me and said, "Can I have one of your 'big girl' cokes?"
There are many talents among them. One plays the violin, he's ten and he's been playing since he was seven, one plays the cello, she also is ten, one has had a small part in the "Center of the Arts" production of "Annie"' one was a 'snow flake' in her recital and said she felt like a goose in the white feathery costume. Her sister hastened to tell us that she meant a'swan'. One is working two jobs to help pay his tuition at college. One came in third or fourth when his highschool Cross Country Team won the State Championship in North Carolina. One that is in the fourth grade got bumped up to play with the fifth grade 'A' team in basketball. Another plays the piano. They are an awsome group of kids. I haven't mentioned all of their accomplishments, even great-grandmas can over do-it when bragging.
See I pretty much spared you from showing you pictures and crowing about my kids and grand kids, so I deserve the bragging rights when it comes to GREAT-grandkids. There are twenty-five of them. Eight great grand daughters and seventeen great grand sons. I'm lovin' it. Ciao
BTW none of them have red hair but not to worry they all like pasta!
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