Comments on: Departure Day http://antiquemommy.com/2007/02/22/departure-day/ Fri, 18 May 2012 17:10:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jennifer http://antiquemommy.com/2007/02/22/departure-day/comment-page-1/#comment-4671 Jennifer Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:07:07 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/2007/02/22/departure-day/#comment-4671 My daughter also loves, loves, loves both sets of grandparents. She has missed them terribly since we moved to Germany. Something that helps so much to keep her in contact with them is a webcam. Every so often we call my in-laws and we both put on the webcams. She can actually see them, not just talk to them, which is so much more concrete for a 4-year-old! (Lots of silly faces and laughing ensue!) She can even see their dogs, whom she adores. Perhaps you already do this with Sean and your parents, but if you don't, it might be worth it to set your parents up with what they need to do this. And...what a beautiful post. Brought tears to my eyes and reminded me of my daughter's lit up face as she RUNS to hug her Grandma or Grammy. How blessed we are. My daughter also loves, loves, loves both sets of grandparents. She has missed them terribly since we moved to Germany. Something that helps so much to keep her in contact with them is a webcam. Every so often we call my in-laws and we both put on the webcams. She can actually see them, not just talk to them, which is so much more concrete for a 4-year-old! (Lots of silly faces and laughing ensue!) She can even see their dogs, whom she adores.

Perhaps you already do this with Sean and your parents, but if you don’t, it might be worth it to set your parents up with what they need to do this.

And…what a beautiful post. Brought tears to my eyes and reminded me of my daughter’s lit up face as she RUNS to hug her Grandma or Grammy. How blessed we are.

]]> By: Susan Joyce http://antiquemommy.com/2007/02/22/departure-day/comment-page-1/#comment-4670 Susan Joyce Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:14:22 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/2007/02/22/departure-day/#comment-4670 I also did not have the joy of relationship with grandparents. Now that I have the privilege of being "grandma" it is one of the joys of my life. Thanks for a nice post. I'm glad I located your blog again. You are so funny and I love to laugh! I also did not have the joy of relationship with grandparents. Now that I have the privilege of being “grandma” it is one of the joys of my life. Thanks for a nice post. I’m glad I located your blog again. You are so funny and I love to laugh!

]]> By: Lucy http://antiquemommy.com/2007/02/22/departure-day/comment-page-1/#comment-4669 Lucy Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:51:05 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/2007/02/22/departure-day/#comment-4669 Ironically, I have much sharper childhood memories of the grandparents I rarely saw and hardly any of the grandparents whose house I practically lived at because my mother worked when I was young. Because I only saw my paternal grandparents every few years, the visits made much more of an impression. Also, my paternal grandma was so much fun! We dressed up and played Barbies and made limeade. With my maternal grandma (whom I did get to know much better when I was an adult), I visited the "old ladies" as we called them: my grandparents' cousins and aunts and mothers. Not as much fun, although I do have some good memories from those times, too. The part about Sean wanting to watch Wivian made me cry! I do remember feeling that way as a child. And I hope my grandchildren feel that way about me someday. Ironically, I have much sharper childhood memories of the grandparents I rarely saw and hardly any of the grandparents whose house I practically lived at because my mother worked when I was young. Because I only saw my paternal grandparents every few years, the visits made much more of an impression. Also, my paternal grandma was so much fun! We dressed up and played Barbies and made limeade. With my maternal grandma (whom I did get to know much better when I was an adult), I visited the “old ladies” as we called them: my grandparents’ cousins and aunts and mothers. Not as much fun, although I do have some good memories from those times, too.

The part about Sean wanting to watch Wivian made me cry! I do remember feeling that way as a child. And I hope my grandchildren feel that way about me someday.

]]> By: A Chelsea Morning http://antiquemommy.com/2007/02/22/departure-day/comment-page-1/#comment-4668 A Chelsea Morning Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:45:38 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/2007/02/22/departure-day/#comment-4668 I had grandparents but not grandparents that cared an iota about me. Now I'm a first-time grandparent. When I die, my grandchildren will remember me the way Sean is going to remember his. Thank you for this. I'm a little teary eyed, but thank you. I had grandparents but not grandparents that cared an iota about me. Now I’m a first-time grandparent. When I die, my grandchildren will remember me the way Sean is going to remember his. Thank you for this. I’m a little teary eyed, but thank you.

]]> By: pam http://antiquemommy.com/2007/02/22/departure-day/comment-page-1/#comment-4667 pam Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:57:28 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/2007/02/22/departure-day/#comment-4667 such a beautiful post, it brought tears to my eye. I'm a new reader and have been enjoying it for several days, you write beautifully. Looking forward to tomorrow. such a beautiful post, it brought tears to my eye. I’m a new reader and have been enjoying it for several days, you write beautifully. Looking forward to tomorrow.

]]> By: diana http://antiquemommy.com/2007/02/22/departure-day/comment-page-1/#comment-4666 diana Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:29:40 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/2007/02/22/departure-day/#comment-4666 such a beautiful relationship they have... and it makes it even more special that you have written about it in such a loving way... I know you parents and Sean will treasure your words for years to come. such a beautiful relationship they have… and it makes it even more special that you have written about it in such a loving way… I know you parents and Sean will treasure your words for years to come.

]]> By: shelley http://antiquemommy.com/2007/02/22/departure-day/comment-page-1/#comment-4665 shelley Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:29:58 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/2007/02/22/departure-day/#comment-4665 So sweet it brought tears to my eyes. What a wonderful boy you have - and what wonderful parents to capture his heart so completely. Hugs to all on your sad departure day. So sweet it brought tears to my eyes. What a wonderful boy you have – and what wonderful parents to capture his heart so completely. Hugs to all on your sad departure day.

]]> By: CES http://antiquemommy.com/2007/02/22/departure-day/comment-page-1/#comment-4664 CES Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:12:02 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/2007/02/22/departure-day/#comment-4664 I lost my dad two years ago, and my heart breaks that my five-year-old son is growing up without his grandpa. My dad loved his grandkids more than anything in the universe. They were just babies when he died, and he would have been so proud to see the little boys that they've become. Soccer season has started, and I wish that dad was here to watch my little guy run up and down the field, to give him advice and teach him about sports. He would have been so proud. I lost my dad two years ago, and my heart breaks that my five-year-old son is growing up without his grandpa. My dad loved his grandkids more than anything in the universe. They were just babies when he died, and he would have been so proud to see the little boys that they’ve become. Soccer season has started, and I wish that dad was here to watch my little guy run up and down the field, to give him advice and teach him about sports. He would have been so proud.

]]> By: KD http://antiquemommy.com/2007/02/22/departure-day/comment-page-1/#comment-4663 KD Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:55:38 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/2007/02/22/departure-day/#comment-4663 As a grandmother myself (they call me MeMe), I loved this story. My grandkids always make me feel special and it means the world to me. Thanks for a wonderful tribute to grandparents. As a grandmother myself (they call me MeMe), I loved this story. My grandkids always make me feel special and it means the world to me. Thanks for a wonderful tribute to grandparents.

]]> By: Sally http://antiquemommy.com/2007/02/22/departure-day/comment-page-1/#comment-4662 Sally Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:46:50 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/2007/02/22/departure-day/#comment-4662 <p>What a touching post, AM!! Loved every word of it. My parents live in the same town as we do, so my girls see them almost every day and have a very close bond with them. For that I am grateful because my husband's mother passed away before they were born and his father has never been a part of our life, so my parents are the only grandparents they have. My husband and I have been married for almost 21 years and I have never even met his father. He is unaware of the wonderful man his son has grown up to be and he is missing out on knowing his granddaughters too. What a shame.</p> What a touching post, AM!! Loved every word of it. My parents live in the same town as we do, so my girls see them almost every day and have a very close bond with them. For that I am grateful because my husband’s mother passed away before they were born and his father has never been a part of our life, so my parents are the only grandparents they have. My husband and I have been married for almost 21 years and I have never even met his father. He is unaware of the wonderful man his son has grown up to be and he is missing out on knowing his granddaughters too. What a shame.

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