www.RaisingYourGrandchildren.com by Karen Best Wright
Several months ago I wrote about the importance of consistency with our grandchildren. While this is very important in creating stability in the lives of the grandchildren we are raising, of equal importance is the concept of becoming flexible. While some might think that these two concepts might be in conflict, they are not. Many changes happen in our lives when we become parents again 20, 30, or even 40 years after we had our own children. Becoming flexible in our lives allows us to not break. It is like learning yoga. We stretch; we bend; we become stronger. We are less likely to break under pressure.
The other day I was playing with a little flexible rubber toy my children had gotten from who knows where. I bent it and twisted it while I thought about my own life. Sometimes not only our body needs to limber up but so does our mind. Realizing that how we feel today about something may not be how we feel next week, and that is okay. Each day may be the day that we receive new inspiration on a specific aspect of our lives.
Learning to become emotionally and spiritually flexible can allow us to recognize that inspiration and follow its lead, allowing us to find solutions to the challenges we face as "old" parents.
