After
five years of retirement, I decided it was time to return to the working world
on a part-time basis. Where I landed job-wise even surprised me. I am a Utility
Worker (or a Cart Retrieval Specialist). We are the people that make sure you
have a shopping cart upon entrance to a store. The physical exercise, fresh
air, and occasional communication with customers all are agreeable to my
customer service background.
One
day a senior customer of the store got in a conversation with me regarding
writing. She’d been hesitant to write her adult grandson because of her poor
grammar skills. She was afraid of what he might think of her. I encouraged her
to push past her fears to accomplishing what was impossible in her mind.
As
I was growing up, I have fond memories of family vacations with my late
paternal grandparents, Clarence and Stella Kinker. Thanksgivings and
Christmases were truly magical in the home of the late Robert Eagle and Erma
Eagle, my maternal grandparents.
Both
grandmothers wrote to me for a brief period of time. (Their letters have
unfortunately been lost for many, many years.) Those hand-written
correspondences helped me to realize how special I was that these two powerful
women would take time out of their busy days to communicate with their grandson
in a way that I clearly understood.
Today’s
grandparent has so many more ways to communicate with their grandchildren than
my generation did. Electronic (Facebook, email, and texting to name a few),
written (snail mail), or verbal (Voice, Skype) will all let those you love know
you are thinking of them. Grandparents, reach out in writing to your
grandchildren. Rejection is impossible, and the results will be pleasing. Trust
me. Give it a try.
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