My parents hearts leap.

I have heard on more than one occasion that grandparents are not important to a child's life.
You would expect me to strongly disagree, and you would be right.
I have written before on the importance of grandparents, and it is a two way relationship.
Children can experience history through their grandparents, they can learn in depth about older members of their family who are no longer with us, grandparents are part of their identity.
For grandparents the children are a window to life as it is now, they bring such joy, so much hope for the future.
Grandparents can feel rest assured that the world is in safe hands.
When a grandparent was talking about the relationship with her grandchildren and her own parents, so the great grandparents, she said, "My parents hearts leap when they have a visit from the boys."
What a fantastic sentence that is, one that I will carry around with me for a very long time.
Jane
www.bristolgrandparentssupportgroup.co.uk