One of the other forum subjects concerns the fact that because today's parents are having their children later in life, we are becoming grandparents later in life.
I have no wish to be morbid, but does that mean we will have fewer years to watch our grandchilden grow into full adulthood - even though we are supposed to be living longer?
One of the joys of being a grandparent is being able to tell our grandchildren stories and to pass on our thoughts and our experiences so that they will know us just that little bit better - and perhaps learn some valuable lessons.
But if our time with them is diminished - and even if it's not 
- then how can we pass on something of ourselves?
I've done/am doing four things in particular:
Written my autobiography.
Writing the family's history (people and their stories).
Keeping an individual journal for each grandchild covering their first year of life: it's a diary-cum-happenings record with memorabilia.
Writing "letters" to them, which will grow in number on a variety of topics and thoughts, and which they'll only see when they are much older - or after I'm gone! 
All these items will be in "hard copy" and hopefully carry not only the obvious subject matter, but also a little bit of the writer.
A legacy or a waste of paper? Only the future will tell.
Well Labour’s “patriotism” didn’t last very long, did it? 🇬🇧
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