Monday, September 3, 2012

Happiness is retired with Grandchildren


Children are wonderful.  But grandchildren are parent's reward for not smothering their children in their sleep.  I have been blessed with four wonderful grandchildren.

My oldest daughter has a girl.  The most beautiful girl you have ever seen.  She has long silky straight hair that is the envy of every female.  But typically she gallops for the hills when her mother wants to comb it.  My daughter is a hairstylist and once got so fed up with her daughter,  she snipped off all that beautiful hair!  Today, for a nine year old, she smoothes it down herself pretty well.   And she eats like a monkey in a palm tree of bananas and sometimes asks for seconds.  I have never seen anyone eat like her and stay so slim and trim.

My youngest daughter has a girl and a boy.  The girl is the oldest at three.  She is loving and obedient.  She is striking with her short hair and different colored eyes.  Once you have a loving girl like that you long for another.  Then she had the boy.  He is not one yet, but too curious for his own good!  The plants on the ground are not safe.  As a male he is  already digging in the dirt and spreading it around the house.

My son has a baby girl that I am raising as my own.  He named her after his favorite city in Australia, and she doesn't seem to  mind the unusual name.  She amuses herself during the day and cuddles with me at night.  If  I could get her to leave my cat alone!  She thinks his tail is her personal play toy.  My cat wallops her in the face  multiple times a day.

I may be biased.  My grandchildren are beautiful, smart, and listen like none other!
My wish to you is for you to have grandchildren just like mine!