GRAND PARENTING
GRAND PARENTING PART 11
BY : RICHARD EYRE & LINDA EYRE , CO-AUTHORS , TEACH YOUR CHILDREN VALUES
Editor ’ s note : This is article two in a three part series on Grandparenting . Some of the content is taken from the Eyres ’ new book LIFE IN FULL Maximizing your Longevity and your Legacy .
WE WERE speaking on a cruise ship to 150 “ seniors ” the week before last and we asked how many of them would want to go back and be 20 or 30 again . Two hands went up . The rest said no . When we asked why , they said , essentially , that life is better now . When we asked why again , the predominate answer was “ Grandkids !”
Ahhhh , grandkids ! There is nothing like them . Mary H . Waldrip said “ Grandchildren are God ’ s way of compensating us for growing older .” Joan McIntosh said “ They say genes skip generations . Maybe that ’ s why grandparents find their grandchildren so likeable .”
It ’ s not that grandkids are easy physically , or any other way . As Gene Perret put it , “ My grandkids believe I ’ m the oldest thing in the world . And after two or three hours with them , I believe it too .” And an unknown author said “ I have a warm feeling after playing with my grandchildren . It ’ s the liniment working .”
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12 SPRING 2017