NEW BEGINNINGS





 

NEW BEGINNINGS

 

January is a good month to think about new beginnings. With the dawn of a brand-new year come new opportunities and exciting anticipation of new ventures and new challenges. New phases of our lives don’t always wait until January to begin.

On Christmas day 2022, Allysen and Thabian Carpenter blessed us with our 1st great-granddaughter, Valentine! At that moment we became new great-grandparents and Blake and Michelle became grandparents! (Yes, we now have a grandpa for a son!) This December 21st we greeted Valentine’s baby sister, Zelda!  This New Year,on January 2nd, Janelle and Zack blessed our family with another great-granddaughter, Rowen!

As we are just getting a good start at being great-grandparents, Blake and Michelle are experiencing the new beginning of being grandparents and the Carpenters and Wademans are starting a new fun beginning called parenting!

With new beginnings come new responsibilities. What does society expect of new great-grandparents, grandparents, and parents? What does God expect? How can we all be a blessing in the lives of these sweet little ones who themselves have recently experienced a new beginning called life?  A few obvious answers might include:

1-    1)  Love them! This sounds obvious but if we love them unconditionally, we will provide for them, protect them and guide them toward happy living.

2-        2) Keep them close to family! They will need their great grandparents, grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles and cousins to love, guide and be their fan club, cheering and encouraging them along their path of life.

e       3) Keep them close to God! We must remember that He is their Heavenly Father, they are on loan to us from Him. As we teach them to pray and connect with him, he will be able to help them in ways we can’t, during times when they will need heavenly help.

As we welcome these new little ones as they face their new beginnings, let us all humbly approach our new beginning roles and ponder and pray for wisdom and help to make a positive difference in their precious lives! 

We feel confident that the Carpenters and the Wademans will be amazing parents! (They already are!)  We’ve seen Blake and Michelle succeed in their new role as grandparents (they’ve already got the smooch and kiss them part down!) We think we’ll do well with the great grandparent spoiling role. (Grandma is already getting the powdered sugar ready!)

May heaven help us all with our new beginnings!

Much love- The Grandparent Chronicles

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