GRANDPA’S LOVE

  

GRANDPA’S LOVE

Of all the different kinds of love with which we could be blessed,

Perhaps it is our Grandpas love that ranks among the best.

What truly matters most in life, he’s lived enough to know

And nothing’s more important than to help his family grow.

 

All the little twists and turns that life has thrown so far,

Times have changed a lot since then but he’s been where we are

Grandpa knows how difficult adversity will be

He’s had his share of ups and downs and seen what our eyes see.

 

Grandpa has a gift to give that makes his life complete

It’s wisdom for the life we’ll live, a gift that’s bitter sweet

The years it takes to know such things consumed most of his days

So little time we’ve left to learn from grandpa’s wiser ways.

 

To see his family better off because of what he shared,

Just knowing even one of us had listened so and cared,

A little of passage draws complete, accomplished and fulfilled

With all the things that matter most, successfully instilled.

The day will come when grandpa won’t be there to see us through

But all the things he taught us still remain forever true

Just look, inside your searching hearts, for there will Grandpa be,

Saying “Do your best, stay the course and protect your integrity!”

 

This poem was written by Jeanine Marie Cronin

 

"A grandparent's love is strong and deep, filled with memories to treasure and keep." "If children are the rainbow of life, then grandchildren are the pot of gold." "There is no greater sound than the sound of your grandchildren laughing."

 Grandparents provide unconditional love. Like parents, grandparents love unconditionally, which helps a child feel safe and secure. The benefits go both ways; relationships such as these can help grandparents have happier and longer lives. Grandparents help teach family culture, tradition and history.

 Depending on how far away they live and other circumstances, they can be caregivers, teachers and playmates. They are trusted advisors for their adult children who are now parents themselves. For many families, grandparents provide regular child care. In some cases, they are primary caregivers to their grandkids.

 Throughout these later years, both grandmothers and grandfathers can help grandchildren and great-grandchildren gain a sense of identity, give unconditional love, represent hope for the future, stand as a source of stability and security, act as a mentor, and exemplify positive values, ideals, and beliefs.

 Grandparents are generally the main storytellers. They're a reference of a different time, with more silences, with a little more wisdom and these old stories. Children need these stories to know who they are, where they belong. They're characters in a story and they need to know all of it.

 

What was the best story you heard from your grandparents and you shared it with your children too. Do share it in the comments.

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