Becoming a GRANDMOTHER! What can I say? At 45 I became a widow, sad but true! At 49, I became a GRANDMA for the very first time! HAPPPPY DAYS! I could not wait to see him for the first time and fell totally in love with him at first sight. Then I could not wait to hold him, feed him, change his diaper...then babysit him. All came true. I even took a week off of work to watch him so mommy and daddy could go on a family vacation with her family! We had a blast. He was 5 and we went everywhere. I took photos of the entire week.

I took him to the courthouse where dad worked, my workplace, minature golf, the local park and many other places. We had a backyard picnic on the grass with a big blanket next to his little swimming pool and had hotdogs and chips. We put all the photos in a book and when dad and mom came home....it was Father's Day.....so we gave it to dad and he of course, shared it with mom.

That was just one of our shared adventures. He is now 11 and we have so very many memories, all on my laptop that I can enjoy on a daily basis! He and I are best friends. And, I now have an awesome 10 year old granddaughter and a 4 month old grandson (named after my late husband) that bring me more joy than I can ever believe I have been blessed with.

I remarried 10 years after my husband passed away, and, my husband has no children...so he is totally enjoying these past five years as "grandpa Rick" and that is a Joy for me to see!

Enjoy your grandkids, as they say...they grow so fast! And, the time and I mean time not money that you spend....will be memories that will be cherished in their hearts for a lifetime. My son is 39 and my dad passed away in 1983 .... and he remembers all the FUN he had with his grandpa. They were inseperable and it was amazing that the 8 years they had together was so filled with such good times. I loved every moment of it myself.

Enjoy, have fun, don't fret the gifts and what you buy for them all the time. SPEND TIME WITH THEM and LOVE THEM :)

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Jackie I loved your story. I just have one grandchild, but she's my shining star, along with her mother, of course! :^D My husband died a little over a year ago, so I'm filling in for the both of us. She has another grandma and grandpa, too, but my "role" is happily still intact and I love every minute of it.

Aug 13, 2011, 10:11 AM EDT

Gingerrr I got to "meet" my first granddaughter after 14 years for the first time this summer! She is beautiful! I have 3 granddaughters who are my joy!

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Aug 15, 2011, 9:11 AM EDT

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