There’s something awesome about watching your children turn into young adults…
Watch for the special guest appearance from my grandbaby Jackson 
Watching Your Kids Grow Up
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Jackson is precious! Being a grandmother just gets better and better!
You raised great kids with an awareness of their self-worth and a desire to succeed because of what they watched you go through to become successful.
All the late-night parent-kid conversations in the world aren’t nearly as effective as walking the walk, talking the talk and living the daily life grind right in front of them.
Now if we could only wave our magic wand so every child could benefit from that example or support.
He is precious. You should see his cousin – she is the sweetest little thing!!
And oh… I’m not so sure I did the greatest job. My “walk” was not always perfect. LOL. Like I said, I’m *amazed* at how well they turned out – despite everything we went through. Despite everything *I* went through while trying to raise them.
Maybe those things made them stronger. Maybe they were just born to turn out perfect.
Who knows. All I can say is… WHEW! haha… I look at each of them and it brings tears to my eyes. Happy tears. Mostly relief. LOL.
Your Grandson is adorable, as another young Grandma who had Grandkids in her 30′s I love being a Grandma it is so much fun. Sometimes even kids who have a rough patch can grow up just fine.
So true. Sometimes those kids turn out fine *because* of the rough patch(es).
And cheers to you on being a young grandmother! It’s nice to be young enough to *really* enjoy this phase of life!! 
Jackson is adorable!!!! You are a great mom and Annie is so fun! I enjoyed meeting her at NAMS.
I have been blessed too. I have 6 children and 3 of them grown and married, two of them having given me grandchildren already and I have a 3rd grandbaby due in January. My grandkids call me Grammy. I feel like I won an award when my grand kids came along.
Thank you Traci
Annie SO enjoyed coming to the event with me! I wish she could attend more. The school schedule can be a real pain sometimes. 
How sweet that they call you Grammy! Love it!!
Hi Lynn,
Awesome video of Jackson. Happy for you to have great kids but you know a big part of the end results depends on what ingredients were put in the mix. You did a good job…
I have two but I was much older. Meet William and Lilly
William my grandson” https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150362559544918&set=a.496004329917.293407.761999917&type=3&theater
and Lilly my granddaughter: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150899659275175&set=t.514880143&type=1&theater
I was able to see William but not Lilly for some reason. He’s adorable! And yes – a lot of what you get is what you put in, but man… there are so many other variables too. LOL. Many out of our control such as outside influences (family, friends, school, church, tv etc). Not to mention each child is SO unique in their individual characteristics.
Both of my children were raised under the same roof by the same mother (me!) but are complete opposites in so many ways…
Sorry Lynn that the link didn’t work for you. Oh I know, Craig (Lilly’s dad) has some privacy settings in place.. I forgot.
I was not always easy for our girls especially through the breakup. They were with their mom and it was tough to stay involved in their lives. Being portrayed as “Evil” was really tough.I made them my priority and promised to ALWAYS be there for them. We learned quickly that direct communication with each other worked best Our bond remained strong and now I have a solid loving relationship with both girls and their families.
p.s. I believe that children have only one mom and one dad and that fact deserves to be respected in the eyes of both parents as well as the system designed to protect children. Unfortunately in our modern society many times it is not.
It’s tough raising kids with all the mix & match and the craziness that causes. Tough for the kids too. I know exactly what you mean… *cheers*
I’ll give it another try. This one of Lilly may be set for public access. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150721434650144&set=a.10150721433380144.702644.514880143&type=1&theater
Jackson is adorable, and I would not be surprised if we see him very soon with his own vlog. LOL.
Gary, will check out your links later. I am sure Lilly and William are precious, too.
So much family love on here. It’s wonderful to witness.
As I said in the “should” post, I don’t have children of my own, but I did care for a slew of cousins, and other children (via babysitting, tutoring, teaching, etc.) throughout my life.
Granted it is not quite the same as parenting, but it did give me a bit of insight into what it’s like, what it requires.
Not having children was the right decision for me at the time, but at this point in my life, I do kind of miss the idea of them, and now of grandchildren, so thanks all the more for sharing.
It seems to me that being a parent is the hardest, most important job in the world.
After that comes any kind of teacher, educator for those children.
As for what’s said here about failures, missteps, etc., we learn just as much from them as we do from our overt successes.
Kudos to you all here.
I agree.
As for having children, or not, I say the grass is green on both sides of that fence. I was one of those that knew from a very early age (toting around my baby dolls) that I wanted babies. And I probably would have had a lot more if I could have! But I totally respect people who choose not to have children. It’s a BIG decision. Obviously my two took top priority in my life. And I started very young (do the math, lol) so I have no idea what life is like as an adult without children in it…
*cheers*