A funny thing happened on the way to being Grandma

Eve Jeffery

This article first appeared in The Echo in October 2018

The thing is, when you have daughters, you spend the first 20 years or so trying to stop them getting pregnant, then you spend the next 20 years hoping that they will get pregnant. 

It’s funny how as prospective grandparents we feel we have so much sovereignty over our offsprings’ bodies.

It’s also funny how when we have kids we don’t have enough time for them because we’re busy doing other things and then when we have all the time in the world, we look to the little people in our lives to somehow fill the void left by what we couldn’t provide for our own children.

My children are now in their 20s and I have watched as my friends one-by-one have become grandparents, and I must admit, there has been a little touch of envy for me. I can’t wait to pinch those chubby cheeks and nibble those wiggling toes.

But, something has happened to me in the last couple of years. A sad, terrible tragedy…READ MORE