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Blissful Days

This morning, I spent some time with my daughter and grandson. My daughter let me take my twenty month old grandson for a walk. We walked past some fountains and he was so excited! I took him out of the stroller and we climbed down the steps to be closer to the fountain.

The water was going spraying up in an arch. He wanted to touch it, but I told him that was not a good idea. We climbed up the steps and sat on a park bench. He stood and held the back of the bench for support. He walked down the bench and then walked back to me. He was smiling and happy.

A lady walked past and he waved to her. She didn’t notice him and kept walking. His face dropped. I called to her, but she was captured by her thoughts. I called again and he waved again. She kept walking. I called even louder and she turned. He waved and I explained that he wanted to wave at her. She just continued on her journey.

I have thought about how important it is to acknowledge one another. Sure, he’s just a baby, but it was so important to him to share his happiness with her. How often do we get caught up in our thoughts and forget to pay attention to others and the little things in life?

Today, I have felt the love of my Heavenly Father abundantly. I want to pay attention to all those who need my smile and my “hi”. I want to share the love that Heavenly Father gives to us with others. This is one way I can show my love for Him.

We are empowered when we share our love, good wishes and support for our families and friends.

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Welcome to the MPower Generations Grandparents Blog

Welcome to our grandparents blog. We invite grandparents to be our guest bloggers. Go to the Contact us page and enter your information and join us as a guest blogger.

This blog is to share our successes, our hopes, our dreams and our well learned knowlege about being a grandparent. Each day, we learn new ways to look at the world by participating in the lives of our grandchildren.

Sunday, some of our grandchildren were visiting with us after church. My six year old grandson said, “Mormor, do you want to be a ninja for Halloween?” I replied that I did not want to dress in a costume this year. He was not discouraged and proceeded to tell me all about his ninja costume. His excitement was contagious!

We love Halloween at our house. It is also our oldest grandson’s birthday. (We talk to our babies before they are born.  I tried to convince him before he was born to come on the 30th instead of Halloween, but undoubtedly he didn’t listen.)  So, we always have beautiful Halloweeen birthday cakes to celebrate the day. The whole country celebrates  on his birthday.  Then we participate in a church activity or trick or treating in their neighborhood.

As a grandparent, do you dress up? Do you give out candy? What are your family’s Halloween traditions? Please share them with us by making a comment.