“Proverbs 17:6 NKJV Children’s children are the crown of old men, And the glory of children is their father.”

Grandchildren are most definitely a reward!

We spent the weekend with our first grandchildren, twin boys. I hadn’t seen them since their exciting premature entrance into the world six months ago. It was my husbands first time seeing them.

It was wonderful!

When we got married and had a pile of pre-teens and teenagers, we certainly were not thinking about grandchildren. We were thinking about survival! It was one day at a time, and trying to keep perspective.

Now that we are empty nesters, jetting to see our daughters family was a great transition. Getting to see her growing as a wife, mother, and juggling nursing school and part time work, while her husband took great care of his family and was so interactive and participating in the care of the babies – it was a proud parenting moment for us.

The babies were a delight – all the things people say about being a grandparent are true. It’s a whole new level of love! Watching my husband be a dad is always great, but seeing him with the grand babies was transformative.

It made me love him all the more.

It was extremely difficult to leave my daughter and son and law behind. It’s so difficult to be so far away from the babies – I’m grateful for my son in laws service as a military member. The distance is hard on the grandparent heart.

I’m not quite knitting booties yet, but I need to finish my cross stitch for them! I fully embrace my glamma role! 😉