Jewells of Thought

A day or two ago I heard a comment from Dana Perino on the Five. She became even more relatable to me. She talked about how her beloved Grandfather influenced her life. Hearing those words took me to Grandpa Freddy, myself. To hear her give that personal statement was comforting in a way to know there are other Grandpa’s girls out there.

Strong women are made from strong families with loving ties to their elders. Yes for some of us it’s are Grandfathers or Uncles, one of the father figures in your life. I cannot imagine what difference my life would have without my parents dad’s in my life. Even now I have learned more about how devoted my Grandpa Leo was to attending Chapel during his time in the service, not just the week before his ambush and becoming a Prisoner in Germany for 10 months. Papaw spent time in his Bible nearly daily, Grandpa Freddy did as well by the time I got to know him.

The influence of their lives will not be forgotten anytime soon. I see them both in the places I go and people I talk to every day. So if you have seen any news in the past couple of weeks something terribly wrong has been playing out right in front of our country. My beautiful niece has her Grandpa’s, I believe both of them, tied around her fingers. They would do anything for that little girl.

How on earth can the man in the White House purposefully exclude and shun a grandchild? I don’t know of any Grandmother or Step-Grandmother that could stay away from showering a grandchild with love and embraces!

What is wrong with this couple?

Can you imagine what that stark knowledge could do to that child when she comes to the realities of her father’s and grandparent’s decisions?

I pray that someone in that girl’s life, her family or a friend will take the time to pray over her. The Power of Prayer is mighty and that little girl needs protections that only God can reinforce. Especially without her paternal family to show her any morsel of love at all. It’s heartbreaking, because I know what she is losing is instrumental in her life. Hopefully, her mother’s family would also step up.

My mother never got to meet her Grandfathers. She had the best Grandmothers she could have had, but those women had support systems in place one way or another. Family stepped in for them, their nuclear families took care of them and those women survived because of their kin.

Little ones need the love and embrace that only a family can give them. Sometimes family is what we make of it, not all of them are blood related, but they are dear loved ones. Life is fragile enough and the seasons come and go as Ecclesiastes says. There is always time for the family so make time. There are very rare reasons to not show up for the next generations in your life.

I have only one grandparent left and my boyfriends parents are gone. My parents will be the only grandparents my future children may have. Don’t take time for granted… God makes no promises about tomorrow.