Grandma and Grandpa are visiting this week from out of state. I love watching them play with the kids because they do special little things that I never seem to have time to do.
The other day I was loading clothes in the washing machine and saw my mother applying little dabs of her special face cream to my 7-year-old's face. The two of them were in the bathroom, leisurely going through this marvelous girl-ritual.
Grandma sits and plays restaurant with the girls while I am making dinner and Grandpa teaches them how to play card games and helps them with their art work.
The things they do are not out of the ordinary. They aren't things that we never do. Grandma and Grandpa just spend special time going the extra mile, lavishing their full attention on the children and making them feel special.
Watching them, I realize that I get so caught up in our everyday life that I have a tendency to forget the little things. With meals and baths and homework and activities, I forget to stop and pay special attention to the little details that make each of my children special individuals.
Perhaps we can all learn a little lesson from watching our children playing with their grandparents. We can take a step back and see the talents and sweetness in our children that we might sometimes overlook. I, for one, am going to make an effort to slow down my schedule a bit and spend that little bit of extra time.
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