I think we started thinking about grandkids almost as soon as we started having kids. We hoped that our six children would produce a quiver full.
“Like arrows in the hands of a warrior
are children born in one’s youth.
Blessed is the man
whose quiver is full of them.
Not only did our children start to marry young, our two eldest have now blessed us with grandchildren as well. We heard all the rhetoric about grandchildren:
"You won’t believe how much you can love those kids."
"It is even better than parenting your own."
"All the best stuff without some of the challenges."
Even with 25 years of anticipation and all that rhetoric…