This week my DC are off school for their October break and we are visiting family in another part of the UK. We went to see my Grandad today for the first time since we were last visiting in July. He’s 94, in an old people’s home and really pretty frail.
All 4 of my DC love their Great Grandad but my DTs (8) have a really special bond with him. They actually cheered when I said we were going to see him for half an hour.
We only see him a few times a year but despite that and despite his hugely failing memory and eyesight, he knows their names and even knows the DTs apart. (They have teachers at school who still can’t tell them apart.)
I LOVE how excited they get to see him and I love how much joy it brings him. I know that for many 8yr olds spending an afternoon in an old people’s home wouldn’t be their idea of fun, but for my DTs it genuinely makes them SO happy!
Just a wee thread to share your heart warming stories.