Great-Grandparents

Even though I'm told my paternal great-grandma took care of me when I was a baby, I don't remember those times and the most senior members in our families were grandparents. So the concept of great-grandparents always seemed so surreal and crazy special. When friends around my age tell me they still have great-grannies around, I just think, wow that is so cool!!

Three of Kel's grandparents are still around (man, he so blessed!), and Edie the lucky duck has hung out with her great-grandpa a few times now. They seem to have lots of fun together and the fascination is mutual.

Sometimes I imagine what my grandparents would be like with Edie. My gong gong (公公, maternal grandpa in Chinese) and his love of peanuts (oh dear), my pau pau (婆婆, maternal grandma) and how she purses her lips (Edie rocks a close impression). I think my paternal grandparents would just like to hold her and they'd smile those endless smiles.

Oh grandparents, sometimes out of the blue I miss them, a lot. Not on their birthdays or big family reunions, but just random days when I'm not thinking about much and I just wish I could call them up. I used to call my grandma on the long commute from school and just tell her the most random things. She always laughed at my silly jokes and teased me about my boyfriend. Oh, if only she could see my "boyfriend" and our little one now!

Funny sidebar, what started out as my icq moniker and later became a regular nick name, was grannE. Yes, the dorkiness started early. I wonder if I'll ever live to be a grandmother?


Edie bear sharing an inside joke with great-grandpa.