I have the pleasure of being featured at CatholicMom.com with a reflection on being gifted the opportunity to do things differently as a grandparent. No longer driven by all the responsibilites of a household, I can slow down a little and just be silly and present.
I spend much too much time telling social media algorithms that I love baby memes and grandparent videos. And I continue to feed into it by watching every single one of the reels and videos that pop into my feeds. There’s probably a better use of my down time. I could take up the piano or write the Great American Novel.
Alas, the videos win every time….
One of the funny bits that comes up often is the adult child pointing out that the mother-turned-grandmother is unrecognizable. My own daughter has said this on occasion when I’ve taken a fussy child aside and showered him with attention instead of sending him to a time-out, or when I give two small boys wooden spoons and set them loose in an explosion of flour and eggs to make cookies with no regard for the clean-up….
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