The Free Press wrote an article on  grandparenting. As I read it I thought about writing a post on grandparenting, which now occupies a large part of our life.

We are blessed to have 4 wonderful grandchildren, all of whom live, along with their parents no more than 30 minutes from our home.

Grandparenting is a topic amongst our friends. It’s a topic which isn’t restricted to our female friends at all. Infact, it’s a topic that is raised frequently with a close male friend of mine.  He very much lives for his grandchildren. My favourite Person and I might not go that far, but it’s a very big part of our lives.

We pretty much drop everything to help as needed, whether it’s to help our stay at home mum as she juggles pick ups and drop offs for her three, who are at different schools or our son as he and his wife juggle their work lives with parenting. Continue reading →