All things work together for good for those that love the Lord. A magnificent promise and when seen in action it is dazzling.
I have alluded to my near ideal upbringing in previous posts; one of the few holes was a lack of grandparents. My paternal grandmother died before I was born, as well as my maternal grandfather. My paternal grandfather lived in Ontario making the time spent with him few and far between before he passed away in 1991. The stage was set for a great relationship with my maternal grandmother; we lived in the same small town, us on Eighth Street, her on Seventh. For a handful of glorious years everything was ideal, when I was around eight she was struck with Alzheimers. It progressed from slight forgetfulness to her living with us to a move to a nursing home and finally took her home in 2002.
I always longed for grandparents; I prayed that my children would have those bonds. God not only answered my prayers he surpassed my expectations. Of course my parents and hubby’s parents are still very much involved in the girls’ lives and ours, but he also gave great-grandparents and he provided for me as well!
When I was ten a lovely lady opened a gift shop in our small town. My sister being the ever shopper was soon to meet her and from there our entire family got to know this delightful lady. She was also wonderful with my sick grandmother, never treating her badly and never annoyed with her obvious illness. The quaint gift shop long closed but our relationship continued to grow with her entire family. Her and her husband fell in love with my hubby and the girls taking them in as one of their own.
We spent last evening with them and had the most amazing time as per usual. Grandma had got the days mixed up and expected us today rather then yesterday, but in a half an hour she had supper on the table. We laughed, ate and shared stories. The girls and grandma painted each others nails. The air was full of so much love and enjoyment I was overwhelmed.
The Lord blessed me with this wonderful couple and I am certain my appreciation of them would not be what it is has been if I was always surrounded by grandmothers and grandfathers!!
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6 comments:
Yes God always fills in the blanks doesn't He? That is funny that they got the date mixed up...
That is so wonderful - gotta love grandmas, cooking up a meal in a half hour? How do they do it. I can completely relate to your experience with your maternal grandmother, my maternal grandmother also suffered with Alzheimers before she passed.
When I was born, both my grandfathers were deceased. My paternal grandmother lived in another state and I only saw her on holidays. My maternal grandmother lived with us and she died when I was a 12. She was such an amazing part of my life that I still have an 8x10 picture of her in my bedroom.
Unfortunately my future children (none yet) will not have have any grandparents. I think when the time comes, I will visit a senior citizen center and adopt one. I'm sure there will be an elderly person who wants to be spoiled. I'm glad to see that you adopted wan additional set for your children :)
What a true blessing. Thanks for sharing that. Grandparents no matter which side of the family can be a ture treasure of joy and wisdom to us.
Queen of the click: I know FOR SURE you can adopt as many grandparents as you want. I work for a non-profit organizations that strictly deals with seniors and I run an InterGeneration program. It is AMAZING to see the relationships for, on man (who I REALLY had to work at convincing to join the program) even credits his partial recovery from death's door to his youth and their relationship!!!!
Jaime - Thank you so much for telling me that. I didn't realize that there were actual programs set up. I have to find some good grandparents - some that sew, cook, play cards, etc.
At friend's parties, I frequently socialize with their parents and grandparents (and get teased for it of course). I think it's because I miss having a wise woman like my grandmother in my life.
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