Visiting Grandma

2004 Mom, Sarah, Jayne

Sarah went to spend a few days with my mom this week. I was very happy to see that she wanted to do it. I think it is important for kids to get to know their grandparents. Grandparents are important to life and we need to know where we came from. I didn't think that as I was growing up, but I realized it more and more after my grandparents passed away. I hope my kids realize to appreciate their heritage more as time goes by.

2009 Lindsey, Mom, Betsy, Jayne, Sarah

As I was looking for pictures to use with this blog I was happy to see that I have many pictures of my kids growing up. One nice things about the digital age is pictures get preserved better. I have pictures of when I was a kid, old black and whites and colored ones that have faded. Those are nice because they look old and weathered, like I do these days, and you can tell they are history. But, I have many pictures of my kids, and my mom, getting older and it is nice to be able to remember when those pictures were taken and what was going on with out lives.

2010 Lindsey, Mom, Jayne, Sarah

Sarah points out that five years ago may not seem like very long ago to me because it is 1/10th of my life, but for her it is 1/3rd of her life and that was long ago. Sometimes it feels like my mom gets younger as she gets older. I often have to remind my kids that their grandmother is over 80 because their friend's grandparents are sometimes in their 60s and seem older than my mom. Let's hope that lasts for a long time. I always want to thank my kids when they visit their grandmother, they don't realize how special it is to her (but they will eventually). I just hope they visit their father more than he visited his parents as they get older.

 

Watching this movie brings tears of JOY to my eyes!