Grandparents and Graduates

Once in a while people come together spontaneously and it turns out to be a great visit. Yesterday we had a visit with two of our grandsons who just popped in for a visit. After three games of pool they had to run as the younger of the two had to get ready for a banquet at his school.

Last evening we had a visit from my daughter and her daughter who was over from Ottawa getting a first hand look at Ryerson University as she will attend there next September. Soon after my youngest daughter and her daughter dropped in. There we were ,four generations of girls and me. I was outnumbered but had a great warm feeling being among my family.

We talked about graduations and  it was an eye opener when you compared the graduation of today and 50 years ago. It was fun and brought out loud laughter from the young ones when they heard how we shared our graduation and prom in years gone by and theirs.One common thread was evident and that was graduation was a memorable moment in time.

As one of my granddaughters is getting married and today the girls are having a shower in her honour we turned our attention to this event. Later another granddaughter dropped in. She was late as she was in charge of the event which was going to be held at her home. The evening wore on and near 11.00 pm we decided it was time to get to bed as we had a big day ahead.

Theresa and I talked long after they were gone and mentioned how fortunate we are that we get to see and share time with our children and extended family. There was a great difference in age but it never seems to matter when you share common interests and values. I look forward to our next drop-in by the grandchildren.