Mindboggling Grandmothers

Today, I’ll discuss a very, very special person in our lives. GRANDMOTHERS!! I know you’re excited for this segment because I’ll be talking about grandmothers. Aren’t you? I am very much.

I know it gets boring when I keep blogging on the same topics such as family and friends, but I try to make sure that you don’t get bored. Firstly, again, I’ll make this clear that this is my point of view and I don’t think whatever I say will apply to everyone. So, don’t take anything seriously and enjoy yourself.

So, honestly, I think that grandmothers are of only one type, sweet, loving, kind, and affectionate. They are of course maternal and paternal. But you can’t differentiate between the two. In the previous blog, I told you that aunts are of two types- the good ones and bad ones of course, and their character is destroyed by authors and novelists. But, the character of a grandmother can never be destroyed, because, even if some grandmothers are cruel, wicked and blah blah blah, they will never stop loving their grandkids. Most authors have described a grandmother’s in the following way- kind, gentle, sweet, hard-working, affectionate, gifted, wrinkled, extravagant, gray-haired, and I mean the list is endless because that’s how grandmas are. Their description is endless.

I guess authors never had a bad or awful experience with their grandmothers, neither did they ever know a bad, evil grandmother who tortured kids. My point is, that authors know grandmothers very deeply. They don’t know how aunts are at all, but they know grandmothers very well. That’s something I don’t need to convince you about because grandmothers are great.

If you don’t agree with that, then I can help you; no one can.

Even if some authors might have had had a cunning or an evil grandmother, but again only a few of them. But they make sure not to ruin the grandmother’s character in their novel, because they know that their book will be a flop. So, they never dare to ruin a grandma’s character. I know there are a few books where grandmas portray the evil role, but in the end, it’s revealed how much they love their grandkids.

The role of a grandmother (doesn’t matter if maternal or paternal) in a person’s life is very different than other people. If you don’t have a grandmother or you are not in often touch with her, then pity you. A grandma is a gift for us which we take for granted. It’s not a gift, its two gifts because we have two grandmothers-maternal and paternal, don’t we?

Having a grandma is great because they bring a lot of joy in your life. We call them by several names-granny, grandmother, grandma, etcetera. They too, call you by many names, but their love is always the same for you. It’ll never change. If you read English novels or Hindi novels, we always come across a grandma. Similarly, in real life too, wherever you go, whatever country, the love and affection grandmothers’ have for their grandchildren, is always the same. They love their grandkids even more than their kids! I know that’s not surprising at all!

The same thing happens with the kids. They love their grannies’ very much. I say not only grannies but both the grandparents. So much more than their parents! Even if grannies are angry and mad at their grandchildren (which I assure you is very rare and only happens if there is a serious mistake) THEY make up very quickly, come back to normal and kids and accept their mistake, which is unlikely when other adults like parents, uncles, aunts, and etcetera, scold them. I never understood why that happens.

Our grandparents become younger staying with us. They enjoy themselves more with us grandkids way more than their kids.

Some of you might be knowing this, and some of you might not. If you read the word grandparents, grandfather, or grandmother, then you might notice the word grand. I know everyone knows that. But, no one understands why that word is put before parents, father, and mother. People think that’s because they are older than everyone in the family, but they wrong. The word is attached because they are grand, which means they are special from everyone else and play a completely different role in your life. They deserve a different kind of respect from their grandkids. We, grandkids, never realize this. Not me, not you, not anyone else. If you realize this (which I doubt you will) then great. If you don’t, then I can’t help you, no one can. If you AGREE with me then good, and if you disagree, then you are helpless.

I am not here to teach you’ll life lessons or something, but I guess this is important to understand. I don’t need to protest of having a grandmother’s day because there’s the grandparent’s day already. We often ask our grandparents’ that who is their favorite grandkid (we already know it’s us but we still ask) and their reply is- ‘We love everyone equally’. I know that is sad to hear even after you know it’s you. Most of the grandparents love being grandparents, and it’s the most satisfying thing in their entire life.

If you ask me, then I’ll say that a grandmother is the sweetest person on EARTH! Most of you will agree on this one because be it fiction, or be it a reality, grandmothers are always sweet.

It’s a fact- Grandmothers are the best

People say that kids are a form of god, but they are wrong, it’s the GRANDMOTHERS who are a form of god. I’d rather say, both GRANDPARENTS are. Which means, I am calling everyone god!

Jokes apart but our bond with our grandparents is something we’d never understand. The bond is a gift to us for which we’ll be in debt forever.

I will take your leave for the day because it’s been long. Thanks for reading. I hope you’ll like it and STAY SAFE and HEALTHY.