A friend pointed out a wonderful by-product of this blog that I hadn't considered. My daughters will get glimpses into my relationship w/ my mother and w/ my father. The girls haven't read any of my posts, but I hope someday they will. This got me thinking about what kind of legacy I'm leaving for my daughters, and the legacy Mom left me. They're growing up to be beautiful, young women who are kind and considerate and thoughtful, most of the time. After all they are teenagers. Much of this I credit to all the time they were able to spend w/ their grandmother while they were growing up. We've always lived at least 100 miles away from my parents, but we always made it home at least one weekend a month, and during the summers, we would spend at least a week each month. And Mom and Dad always came our way for dance recitals, concerts, plays, and ballgames. I hope this reminds my daughters of the importance of family.
So to my girls, I will remind you of the two weeks we spent at Grandma's during the Summer of 1997 when I started graduate school. Every morning during that time, Grandma packed a lunch for me and spent the whole day involved w/ you. She was always a "hands-on" grandma. She never just took you to the swimming pool or the park and then sat in the shade while you played. She was right there w/ you in the water and catching you at the bottom of the slide. When you were babies, she bathed you in the kitchen sink just as she had done all her other grandchildren and most of her great grandchildren. The nape of your necks was always the part she loved the best when you were babies, and since neither of you had any hair until you were well over a year old, it was very visible for kissing. All the videos we have of you are thanks to Grandma. She always lugged that big video camera around to make sure you would always have the memories; she gave you those memories. Please don't ever forget that.
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