There is one word that is hard for me to hear. You might think it’s BUTT or STUPID which my son says all the time, but no those are not the ones I’m talking about. By the way, we will discuss how you get those words to stop being part of every conversation at another time. The word I’m referring to that really is difficult is, “grandpa”. That word is a great word, don’t get me wrong, however I have to confess, when I hear it, especially from my 18 month old it makes me sad.
I don’t hear it often because my kids don’t really have a reason to say it everyday since both of their grandpa’s are not living. However on Thanksgiving as we were preparing to go celebrate Dylan says, “Grandpa!” with as much excitement as an 18 month old can. I was excited he could say such a word since his vocabulary is very small right now. However my excitement quickly turned to gloom. I quick flash of all the life moments that he would NOT have a Grandpa around for immediately flooded my mind and hit me like a ton of bricks.
I let the gloom take me over the whole next day, I was in a funk, but then, then something happened. I went to visit my family, we laughed, we ate cake, ate my dad’s favorite pizza, and we played games. It was just what I needed. Especially when as we were leaving, my Aunt sneaks Lauren her money back that she took to spend at the movies and she says, “it was my treat”. Yep, that is exactly something her Grandpa would do for her, take her out, spoil her, and try to keep it a secret.
No, my kids may not have someone to call, “grandpa”, but they have lots of people to call GRAND!