\u201cWe never really grow up, we just learn\nhow to act in public.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The other day my adult daughter commented\nshe\u2019s noticed that me being a grandmother has really brought out the little kid\nin me. She said it\u2019s been fun for her to\nwatch me getting down on the floor and playing with my grandkids because as her\nown Mom she normally only sees me acting like a grown up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I wasn\u2019t sure how to explain to my daughter that I\u2019ve always been a kid inside, but as a Parent with your own children you always feel the weight of responsibility that you need to act like you are the grown-up. But when your grandkids come along you no longer have to put on an act – you get to drop the act and be the kid you actually are!\u00a0 And it is AWESOME!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seriously, it is so freeing to be a grandparent. You no longer worry that you will mess the grandkids up because that\u2019s now their parents\u2019 job to do, not yours, so you get to have all the fun with them… As a grandparent you are old enough not to worry when the grandkids wipe chocolate on your outfit because you know that most things wash out, and if they don\u2019t wash out, you recognize that the value of your grandchild\u2019s enjoyment is far more valuable than any clothes could ever be… You are wise enough to recognize how quickly those little ones are going to grow up, so you are able to appreciate and savor each moment of time you have with them…. As a grandparent you get to enjoy all the things you were too young, stressed out, and impatient to enjoy while you were busy being a parent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I believe that becoming a grandparent makes you younger. \u00a0You laugh so much that your wrinkles start turning into smile lines. You play so much that your energy goes up and you find yourself always up to going on at least one more ride. And happy meals at McDonald\u2019s are the best because they come with a toy for your grandkids.\u00a0 As a grandparent your heart truly gets younger even though your body is still getting older.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As George Bernard Shaw once said, \u201cWe don\u2019t stop playing because we get old, we grow old because we stop playing.\u201d Grandparents don\u2019t stop playing\u2026in fact, grandparents are all about amp\u2019ing the play time up!!! They are the ones trying to talk the parents out of being so darn strict about bedtime, and grandparents are the ones asking mom and dad to let the grandkids have just one more treat before they go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
All I know is that this Grandma, for one, won’t be sleeping at all this Christmas Eve. Not because I’m stressed getting prepped for Santa to come, as that’s now the parents job, but because I am so darn excited to see my grandkids open the ridiculous number of presents I couldn’t stop myself from buying them – which I did without having to stress about where they will store them, or how to put them together, or any of the other things their parents can grow old worrying about \ud83d\ude09 ….ah, yes….the joy of grandparenthood…(tee hee)…its the BEST!<\/p>\n\n\n\n