About two blocks west or five blocks south. When I grew up, both sets of grandparents were close to home and we visited them all the time. I don’t remember when it happened, but sometime this little kid figured out that Grandpa and Grandma actually were the parents of my parents. Those authority figures who told me how to live my life? They were kids too. They reprimand me? Hey, they were reprimanded by their parents. “Don’t slam the door when you go out!” I bet they got yelled at for that too. Wow, was that great when it dawned on me that my parents were just grown up kids.
Sunday is “Grandparents Day.” We didn’t need an artificial day back then. We were at Grandma’s and Grandpa’s all the time and we truly did show them the greatest of respect. After all, they deserved it. They had to raise our parents! Moral of the story: Young moms and dads, with all your parenting books and parenting helps, don’t be obsessive about perfect parenting. If they haven’t already, your kids will soon figure out that you were a kid too. And when they do, may you teach them that we are all God’s beloved children.
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