Bill and I do not have the Peter Pan syndrome, where we refuse to grow up. We simply don’t know how to act at this phase of our life and what the expectations are. I love getting older and hopefully more mature and I wouldn’t want to be young again for anything in the world, of course I’m speaking for myself and not Bill because he is totally opposite.

We hear the phrase “Act Your Age” quite often, but who gets to decide what that age is and should be? Just because I think a person should act a certain way at a certain age doesn’t make that the way it should be. I guess that’s why I have always adopted the thought of to each his own so long as no one is getting hurt, why should it concern me if my 90 year old Grandma wants to wear a mini skirt.

All the studies that are being done about what is normal at certain ages that were done in the past are constantly being updated because our young are expected to be the level of high schoolers in the first grade now a days. Even the television show “Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader” shows that the level of learning for young people these days is astounding. It makes me feel totally stupid, but hopefully it will mean better advancements in the future to save our Earth.

I’m not exactly sure what it means to be Grandma because to me that has always meant old and feeble and sitting in your rocking chair not riding the Harley with Pappy so what does it mean to be Grandma or in my case Nana and how can I adjust to that role that I’m suppose to take on when our children have children? Okay so my golden years means that I’m suppose to “Act My Age”, that means Pappy and myself need to start acting like Grandpa and Grandma even if we don’t want to.

Hey, we didn’t do anything to become a Grandma or Grandpa. We simply did the best we could to raise our son or daughters to be responsible young adults and nature did the rest. Bill’s children have made me a Nana and it’s a role that I accept wholeheartedly because I only had one Grandmother that I knew and she was always sick, but I loved her and I’d like to be a Nana that will be important to our Grandkids and do all those Grandparent types of things.

The really fun part of being Pappy and Nana is we get to spoil them and then send them home. I can’t wait till Eric has his first one and I hope it’s just like him. You don’t have to spoil them seriously but what’s the fun of going to visit Pappy and Nana if there isn’t always something fun to do and I know Nate loves to visit us and we feel very happy because of that. Nate always draws us pretty pictures and always asks to go to Pappy and Nana’s house.

It’s the parent’s job of course to provide the discipline and rules and we always try to uphold what they tell us when we babysit. It’s so easy to give unconditional love to Grandbabies and of course Grandma and Grandpa are always ready with the hugs and loving smiles and we always try and give our time to the Grandkids and we’re always willing to listen when there is a problem.

Of course they’re small right now, but I’m sure in years to come I will have grown into a wonderful Nana and I’m sure as I learn to grow older I will learn to act my age accordingly or as I see fit. Grandkids should always feel like they have someone special they can talk to that will listen and be patient and will help no matter what.

I am trying to learn how to become a better Grandma and to act my age accordingly to those adorable little girls and Nate who are, after all, our grandchildren and we do love when they come and see us. I keep special toys just for them to play with when they come to visit even though they are in the way half the time. I know all of this means for us to act our age and become Pappy and Nana for them and we do try, but if it’s a nice day don’t ask us to babysit because we’ll be out flying our colors on the Harley.