Today, July 26, is World Grandparents Day. However, in «Madres hoy» We want to pay a special tribute to those pieces of our feminine lineage that give so much importance to our lives: grandmothers. We all have those in mind of hands hardened by work, whose looks, always full of affection and sincerity, remain an indispensable part of our hearts.
Now, just as we remember our grandmothers, our children now enjoy that same exceptional bond. The legacy that these women leave in their minds day by day is an inheritance of affection, emotions, experiences and stories that will accompany you forever. We invite you to delve into this topic, and celebrate Grandparents' Day with us.
The grandmothers, silver in the hair, gold in the heart
There are very young grandmothers and grandmothers who no longer expected to be.. Be that as it may, the way in which life gives them this new position is something that undoubtedly invites them to change many of their roles. And that change is something wonderful that they always receive with expectation and enthusiasm.
What it means to be a grandmother
Until now these women were used to their role as wives and mothers. When they suddenly hold that new life in their arms, that boy or girl who is also part of it, many things change.
- Grandmothers know very well that their role is no longer to educate, raise or establish standards and duties. His role is more relaxed and purely emotional.
- A grandmother attends, cares, shares moments with her grandchildren and will pamper them as much as she pleases doing -usually- deaf ears to the protests of fathers or mothers.
- Being a grandmother means redefining yourself again, and that change is something that gives you life because you suddenly take on new responsibilities.
One or two grandmothers for our children
Something we all know is that there are grandmothers and grandmothers. It is often said that one grows old with dignity whenever he assumes this time in his life. When the passage of time and the changes that it implies are assumed. Even more, it ages as it has been lived, Therefore, if we are unhappy young people, we will come to maturity with the same bitterness.
All of this tells us that somehow, it is normal to have a favorite grandmother, just like a favorite grandfather. There are more closed, unkind and receptive to the world of children, but in general, when a grandchild arrives, many grandparents are left surrendered to that new life. To the point that arid characters soften.
- Our children can have one or two grandmothers and what is clear today is that they are fundamental pieces in the dynamics of many families.
- We cannot forget that in these times of crisis the role of grandparents is already like that daily lifeguard. They take care of our children when we go to work, they are our encouragement when tempers drop and they always have a smile for children when mothers and fathers carry the problems of life.
Having one or two grandmothers is like having one two pillars in our life. They are the hand that excites our children, the voice that covers them when we cannot be there, and those who want it or not, they become real day-to-day warriors.
The emotional legacy of grandmothers
A grandmother was a mother who raised us with greater or lesser success. A grandmother is a woman who continues to learn every day to give the best to her grandchildren, with better successes because she is already wise in experience.
The legacy it offers to us and to our children is something that we must preserve, nurture, and nurture.
A legacy of stories
We are sure that you too, to this day, remember many of those stories that your grandparents told you as a child. These are information that children will not find in Internet.
- These stories define our roots as a family and also tell us about historical moments and very specific moments. In them the most incredible emotions are distilled and that the children always attend with great attention.
- Few moments will be as pleasant for them as those afternoons when grandmothers go to pick up their grandson from school, and, leading them by the hand, they explain youth anecdotes, childhood songs and stories that Disney doesn't even know.
- Later, when we get home, our children will find those wonderful desserts that only grandmothers know how to make. Those cakes whose smell will define your childhood, anchoring that sensitive stimulus with a pleasant memory. All of these are legacies, exceptional legacies.
A legacy to respect
Grandmothers can seem tireless to us and a source of constant affection without holidays. Now these walking legacies with silver in their hair and gold in their heart they also deserve us to be sensitive to their needs.
- Grandparents can tell us that they are available for anything we need. However, it should not be abused. We must bear in mind that they are at that time in their lives when they deserve time to themselves.
- Today's grandparents are very active, they have good social networks, they are interested in traveling, going to dance and enjoying their moments of leisure.
- His life goes at a different pace and his job is not to raise, but to tend at specific times and to give the best of them to their grandchildren, also taking into account their health and personal limitations.
In conclusion, if today you have one, several or all grandparents in your family on your mother's and paternal side, don't hesitate to make them your children's daily "accomplices".
The best inheritance they can leave you is that of emotions. That of feeling loved by those older generations who adore them, who sometimes spoil them, but who give them roots that will accompany them forever.
If life is moments, the most precious are almost always those that we build in our childhood. There where grandparents and grandmothers will forever occupy a privileged place in our hearts. So do not hesitate to enjoy this day as a family, grandparents' day and of course, the wonderful grandmothers.