I'm having a birthday this week. I am turning the average age of grandparents in our country (one in three of us is 53.) A big group of us became grandparents when we were 49.
I love being a grandparent and I love my birthday. Occassionally, I'll read about a person our age who thinks they are too young to be a grandparent. They're absolutely right ...we are too young!
When it comes to grandparenting though, being too young has benefits. We have enough energy to play with them now, and many years ahead of us, enough years to watch them grow up.
On my blog www.playwitmenana.blogspot.com I recently got a comment on a post I wrote about the book My Time, Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life by Abigail Trafford.
The Commentor, someone by the name of Spike, opened up a whole new perspective for me. She wrote: What a wonderful life to be a Grandmother and ladies got a surprise for you. "Great grandchildren", they are like having a re-play button, so you get to enjoy more in years to come. And the wrinkles will be a gift then, my great-granddaughter travels my face with her angel fingers and smiles. She seems to enjoy the wrinkles from laughter and avoids the ones from sorrow as if she is feeling the earning of them. So all that comes with age does some day reward you and be ready for that replay button.
Now us too young GP's have another reason to celebrate aging and that is....looking forward to great grandchildren!
Next month, I will be celebrating the birth of my second grandchild.
Hip hip hurray......I'm not getting older.... I'm getting grander!
