When You Think About Grandpas

When you think about a grandson’s relationship with his grandpa….

I imagine baseballs being thrown.

I imagine basketballs being shot.

I imagine a little shadow following grandpa around asking nonstop questions.

I picture trips to the Dairy Queen for an ice cream cone.

I think of hand holding. Snuggling on the couch watching cartoons. Or country westerns. Or the auto channel.

In my head I hear stories….‘Back when I was your age.’

I imagine special trips and holidays.

I’ll tell you the truth. We got something different. Not less. No bad. Not sad. Just different.

We have nonverbal negotiations for paper. And silent walks in the woods.

We have pointing at airplanes and riding four wheelers. We have trains. And birds. And tractors.

We have a little boy who has never said I love you.

But that same little boy carries his grandparent’s photos everywhere. To school. To bed. In the car. Everywhere. I find them under his pillow and in his backpack.

We have stolen hugs. And bribes for kisses and loves.

And grandparents who will never stop trying to enter his world.

And it’s pretty special too.

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