Being a grandad

Grandchildren can make you feel very proud aswell as very humble.Quite a few years back i was carrying one of my grandsons on my shoulders along the canal where we live and i was explaining to him why in certain places there are overflows between sections of the canal where there are a number of locks close to each other.If i see something i will very often try to explanin to the children what it is and why its there and he said to me "grandad why do you know so much" and i felt really humbled and i said " well mate you dont get to my age without learning something".The lad is in his late teens now and works near to where i live and he,s one of my very best friends and a regular visitor

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V9, I find one of the best feelings is-when the sleepover is done & we're preparing to return the Little Guy to Mum & Dad He invariably asks to stay longer. . . .'Just one more night please' that gets me everytime. We must be doing something right. It certainly lifts my spirits. It's just a pity I couldn't have had this level of time to spend with my own as they were growing up. It's a gift being able to redress the balance with my Children's Children.

Rocky lad i could,nt agree more we have the youngest one here as i speak.He is watching Thomas the tank and playing on the portable track i have built for him when he is here.When i pick up his older brother and sister for school in the morning i have to park out of sight because if he sees me thats it 

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There seems to be something rather unique about a grandparent/grandchild relationship. I know what Rocky means  about the time thing too. My dad always had time for my boys and I had a special connection with my paternal grandmother. (Mrs S)