spend more time with my grandparents

This weekend I went to visit my grandparents about three hours away from my home. The second I got there my grandmother criticized what I was wearing. She made me change from a dress to button up shirt and nice pants. I don’t understand how that made me look better, but ok. My grandfather seemed somewhat lost in the conversation. It made me upset because I can tell my grandparents are getting older. They are in their 80’s, but for so long it seemed like they would never age. My grandmother had never been so critical. I am worried about her.

I had fantastic grandparents. They were smart, interesting and very enjoyable people who taught me many things about life. Unfortunately they have all passed away now, and I miss them very much.

My grampa comes over and spends some time with me and the kids. Not a lot, but enough to where my babies recognize him and I’m so happy that I’ve moved close enough to see my grandparents as much as I do now. :)

they wont be around forever…

i got to spend a whole week with my grandparents not too long ago. it felt like old times again, and I even learned new things re: my great grandparents which was interesting.

and see them pretty much every day, but now we moved and only see them once a week, which is still heaps, but i mean it feels like i hardly see them anymore.. they’ve been such a big part of my life since i was a baby, i wouldnt cope if anything happened to them..

parents were gone for a week so me and my sis drove out to the gmas and she made us dinner and we spent the afternoon talking eating laughing etc ;) now jus half to accompany the g-parents in florida…or at least conversate on the phone for more than a half hour.

well im lucky to have younger grandparents at 20 years old but time is flying by so fast at 20 it seems like the only time i see or talk to them is on holidays and i def dont want just that ! i need to start conversating and spending more time with them. they have done alot for me and i need to show more respect! after all i do love them .. LaterS ;)

rant

Nothing like having an Italian, dark-skinned grandmother that has been called any racial slur you can think of tell me that she didn’t vote for someone because they are black and muslim

wtf kind of shit is that.

She really pissed me off with this and it is going to make it really hard to want to spend any time with her now.

Yesterday I decided it was time once again to spend time with my grandmother. I watched the movie “Click” this week. And it got me thinking about how quickly time slips us by. I always say “Don’t blink because if you do your kids just may grow up.”

I had lunch with grandma and we spent time just talking. I also took our picture together. So she became my ‘picture of the day.’ Grandma looked good but it never takes much and she brings herself to tears. The last 3 times I have spent time with her she has cried. Her tears are about grandpa being gone and how she hopes she made good decisions when he died. She also cries about when they sold their home and the things she left to be sold in the auction. I don’t know if there is anything I can say or do to help her feel better. Maybe all she wants is someone to listen.