I had no idea it was Grandparents day, and I don't want to
draw my family's attention to it or they will feel obliged to buy yet more cards, flowers, etc.
I've loved being a grandparent, and a real favourite was taking them to the swing park. I must have spent hundreds of hours pushing them on the swings and hearing them shout "Higher, Nan", or "Push harder, Nan". And they all eenjoyed the fact that I like swings too and often used to have a little go, if there was no-one about.
My grandchildren are older now, the youngest is 15, so we no longer go to swing-parks. But for my 80th birthday at the end of this month I am being given a swinging garden chair so that I can carry on swinging into my 80's. It's great being a swinging Nan!
I like them being older, they turn into friends as well as grandchildren. It's not just me supporting them with their problems, they help support me with mine.,
Another thing is that as they grew older they sometimes felt they could confide things in me that they didn't want to tell their parents. Of course, if it was important, I had to urge them to tell their parents, but I felt privileged at being consulted on all sorts of personal problems and like to think that I have helped them at times... And I still know some stuff about them that their parents don't know!