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[quote=Anonymous]My mom would jokingly say that she was done raising kids once my siblings and I were in college.  However, once we started to have babies, she was there for her DD, for her DILs, during delivery, after delivery, the first tough months.  And then she was there through the years. She never minded being her grandkid's babysitter, because she never thought she was doing her kids a favor.  She thought that she was spending time with her grandkids.   Now when her grandkids are in their 20s and teens...she is reaping the reward of having a marvelous bond with them.  These kids who do not communicate with their parents with more than two cryptic words and some grunts ...will call her...in another country...every week.

And they visit her during breaks and sleep in her bedroom so that they can talk to her till late at night.  And she has kept abreast of what is happening in their lives, every small detail. My mom did not raise us to be self-centered. And she has given and given to us and our kids. I bet I will end up doing the same for my grandkids.

Her grandkids think that she is the sweetest thing ever.  They cannot believe when we tell them that she was a strict disciplinarian when she raised us. I do not know what changed when she became a grandma- but every part of her was filled with bliss and love for her grandkids.

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