Recently, “Grandma to Be” sent a letter to advice columnist (and Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me panelist – yeah!) Amy Dickinson.
Grandma to Be wrote with pleasure that her daughter was expecting her first child. However, she also wrote that she had an 8-year-old step grandchild. She didn’t publicly acknowledge this youngster because she didn’t want her friends to think she was old enough to have been a grandparent for almost a decade.
Dickinson answered, essentially, that life happens when it happens. Embrace the reality.
Right!
And I would go even further. Embrace new paths. Embrace change. Embrace the possibilities! New paths can be exciting and joyous.
Becoming a grandparent is one new path that we may come to as we get older. What are other paths you are considering for your life?
- A new job
- Retirement
- Playing with your grandchild
- Caring for an older relative
- Moving to your dream home
- Moving to a senior community
- Taking up a new sport
- Traveling across the United States
To read Grandma to Be and Amy Dickinson’s letters, go to Too Young to Be a Grandmom.
For help thinking about and planning your new paths, contact Dr. Cheryl Greenberg at TheAgeCoach@gmail.com. She will be happy to meet with you, at no cost for a sample session, to see if coaching is a good fit for you.
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