Grandparents

I have spent the last few days moving my grandfather from his apartment into a seniors home so that he could be closer to my grandmother. My grandfather has recently lost his licence. We was walking to see her everyday, but with winter coming that was getting harder.

I have a good relationship  with my granddad.  I am named after him and I feel lucky that I am able to see him as often as I do. Since he no longer drives and I have been driving him home most days. It has allowed me to get to know him much better then I ever thought I could. When you are young you form an image of your grandparents as some kind of fantasy person. They are so much older and are so different from anyone else in your life that they are really beyond what a child's mind can understand. Then as we age many of us move away from family altogether. Then the few times we do see them it is for some kind of holiday or event. Very few of us are able to really spend the every day time it takes to truly get to know their grandparents as "people".
I am one of the lucky ones. I have been able to get to both of my father's parents, and my mother's mother very well. They have lived with in 15 minutes drive of me my whole life. Sadly my mother's father died shortly before I was born. But from the stories that have been told to me I hope that I have been able to form a correct image of my grandfather in my mind. I really do count my self blessed by the fact I can say I have been able to get you know my grandparents as well as I have. You can never see your parents or yourself better then through the eyes of your grandparents. Their knowledge and wisdom allows them to see things in a way that no other person in the world could see. They have not only watched you go, but they watch your parents grow as well.