A Different Summer!

When starting this blog, it never occurred to me that my absence would ever be noted. It has been over one month since my last entry. This summer may well become unique! It is hard to believe that a series of facts would align themselves that resulted in my son, daughter-in-law, and new granddaughter living with us for the summer while they transition between law school and work in New York City.

The summer has been as wonderful as envisioned. To have a grandchild wake up daily in your midst is no small happening. To see the joy in the small face when confronting another day is a reminder of a time long ago. To see developmental change again is as wonderful as when we first experienced it as parents. To be able to hold such an infant daily is a joy beyond reckoning.



At the same time, there has been some confusion. In contrast to this day when all are present elsewhere, I am seldom alone and when so, I feel a desperate need to read what is on my agenda. At the very bottom of the list of things to do has been golf! I have played only once thus far. But it has been rather easy to give up any blogging given the constraints of our current reality.

We most likely will never get back the opportunity to spend so much consistent time with any of our adult children and their families again (admittedly, we have seen little of my son who is studying furiously for the Bar Exam which is today and tomorrow). We easily find each moment rewarding and gratifying. At the same time, admittedly bedtime cannot come quicker! I have no comprehension how some grandparents actually raise their grandchildren out of default by their own children. It is hard to imagine where the energy would come from. It is hard to fight the aging process!