Sleepover

This past weekend my precious grandson Eli spent saturday night with me. I can't believe how much fun he is at age 2 1/2!! I'm sure my son Jason was too; but perhaps it was overshadowed sometimes with day to day stress, homemaker activity and/or being a working mom that does not hinder me now as a granny! Whatever the reason...he was such a delight from the moment he walked through my door until he left waving and blowing me kisses when his dad picked him up the next morning. It was almost like going through withdrawal with him gone...it was like joy had left my home and it was just a house again. Never in a million years will I ever understand the difference between the love I feel for my own child compared to the love of my sweet little grandson...never.

Cat's in the Cradle...

I watched Robert De'Niro in "Everybody's Fine" this weekend. It was sad to me because it was so true. I titled this blog, Cat's in the Cradle because of the song. The movie was about an almost 60 year old man that his wife had died and his four kids were grown and scattered all over the United States. He tries to plan for them to all come home...he did everything imaginable in preparation, but one by one his children canceled...too busy to make time for him. I won't tell the whole plot...but he had to end up in the hospital with a heart attack before he could get them all together in once place.

I know that children grow up and have their own lives, but it doesn't make it any easier on parents knowing that fact. It is hard to accept they don't need you anymore...or that they don't remember to stay in touch as much as you would like. You carry them for 9 months or so, raise them, try to teach them right from wrong, love them unconditionally, and then you have to let them go. But one thing is for sure...no matter how old they are...they will always be your baby...always!! :)