Grandparents

Hey you.... no I am grandpa... hey you... no I am grandpa..... hey you.... whatever... what? Or grandma... no I am grandpa..... grandma---- and so on.... giggle.
What is it like being a grandparent, hmmm, it is like being a parent once removed. You have the responsibility of still being a parent but you have the joy of bending those rules that you couldn't when you were a parent. You get to enjoy the little goofs instead of correcting them you ad to them to make them more goofy. The spills and accidents become the joy of I have something to do besides clean up my messes. Instead of being looked at as the bad guy or the iron hand, you have this little bunch of joy out of no where grab you and hug you, then run away. There is so much more but each one will experience it just as you experience being a parent, one day at a time, some good, some better, and some great. As a grandparent very seldom do you experience those parent days of; not so good.
On the lighter side, there is this wonderful relief of not being mothered by a wife who loved and loves being a mother. Thank you for grandchildern Lord, you have given me a break.... :) :) I can actually drop something now and pick it up myself. As she puts it, I should be thankful that she wants to do it for me..... I AM.... ( I need my diaper changed) her comment (I am not ready for that yet).
So I learn from the grandchildern, smile a lot, play a lot, enjoy a lot, and have a melt down every now and then, then go back to; smile a lot, play a lot, and enjoy a lot.
Thank you parents for the gift of teaching us how to be parents, and thank you parents for the gift of making us grand parents, it is truely an honorary degree....