This last weekend we had the opportunity to visit Stephen's grandmother. As I sat watching her on the floor playing "animals" with David I was struck by the privilege we have of giving David a chance to know his great-grandmother! Family is so important, we learn so much from each generation, every person regardless of their age or "position" in the family has something to offer, something we can learn.
I think it's so sad that people lock away their parents and grandparents when they get to old to be "useful" these people gave so much of their time, money and energy to raise and shape us into the people we are today, and how do we thank them? Put them away in some dingy nursing home and forget about them. Oh' I suppose we might visit them a couple times a year so as to ease our guilty conscious.
But why? Ok, so maybe they need a little help, maybe it's inconvenient, or even costly to care for elderly relatives, but does that give us the right to ignore their need and pass it on to someone else?
I hope for the opportunity for a long time yet to come for my boys to be able to learn and enjoy their great-grandparents, we are also planning a trip for later this summer to go visit Stephen's great-grandmother - that would be David and Scott's great-great-grandmother!
May we bless her with our presence and may she pass onto us some of her wisdom and life experience!!!!!
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