Okay, I've stewed long enough, I shall write to you about parents and children. I don't mean me and my children, I mean my parents and my children. Growing up I have no memory of grandparents, and I've always felt kind of like we missed something special, and what I have seen in the last few years makes me certain of it. There seems to be something you get from a grandparent that you absolutely cannot get anywhere else. I have witnessed my sisters go completely stupid over their grandchildren and I think both grandma and grandchild are so blessed.
My children have been lucky enough to have one set of grandparents, and I am very grateful that they do. Berts parents have loved and supported them for their whole lives, but dammit, I want to be able to share them with my parents too. Every time the boys do something amazing, and this is often you understand, because they are pretty near perfect, I yearn to be able to tell Mom and Dad about it, show them a painting or a book. I can see Zack and Dad with their heads together, discussing something of the upmost importance, and Jake would be helping him fix something. Mom would spoil them and bake for them and and go on about how talented they are.
So I have to say that if they can't have Mom and Dad, thank goodness they have Aunts and Uncles to assure them how terrific they are. I remember when I was really young and Cory would be coming home for the weekend from school, and I was so excited I could hardly stand it. I would run down the laneway to meet her when I saw the bus. I think maybe that was a little like having a Grandma, someone who wasn't your mother, who loved you so much like that.
Anyway, I hope that next time we all get together that we can maybe take a little trip down memory lane to visit Mom and Dad so that maybe my kids can know them a little through all of you.
lovya, Stella
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The name Stella is of course derived fron the latin word for star and hence the title of this post. I didn't want you to think that my second littlest sister had claimed stardom for herself. I however dare to identify her as such, and think the following quote defines her.
"A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come."---Denis Waitley
love
peter
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2 comments:
I miss them too and wish our kids remembered more about them, I try to share with them some of my favourite memories but it's such a small part of the picture
I think you are right too Stella. I have been lucky enough to get to know Linda's grandparents. Fortunately as grandparents, they treat me just as one of their own, so I get to have them even if I never met my own biological ones.
Love Old John
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