Grandparents Speech 2
"Good Morning to all present today! We are all gathered here to celebrate the eldership that is by all means the presence of all the goodness and positivity in any home. Grandparents are indeed providing the strongest bond in any family that keeps the members including the extended ones, closely together. Opportunity to be with uncles, aunts & cousins during vacations is the best part of everybody’s life. This luxury we get only at our grandparents’ house. So I thank all the Grandparents who took out time and altered their schedules to be here for us today to share with us their precious moments!
One who is brought up by his or her parents and grandparents is enriched doubly, by double the experience, double the love, twice the fun and two times the values and guidance they get. Grandparents bring the best out of their most cherished children’s children. Their presence in the life of their grand children is like the presence of Sun. The children, who have not seen their grandparents, are indeed the most unfortunate ones. They remain deprived of a lot of goodness and groundedness that they get otherwise. The values that are instilled in their grand children are something their parents can only dream of doing. The parents, as it is, are so very busy with their careers, making the best of everything and achieving the standards of living that we have set very high for all of us. Not that it is bad, but just that spending time with the children when they need you; makes it impossible for the parents at all the times.
But really, thank God He created grandparents! (Laughter) Yes, isn’t that true? It is only that where there are grandparents, the parents can go do what they intend to with their careers, and know that they have this very reliable back up with them for their little bundles of joy. Not that there is a shortage of nannies or crèche’s but these support machines cannot even begin to matchup with the abilities of the grandparents. I am not saying that I am comparing them to any kind of help. All I am saying is that there are families for whom it is a luxury to have grandparents. They might have grandparents living in their hometown or simply because the family migrated in a foreign country for better opportunities and grandparents didn’t. I say, that such families are simply less fortunate.
Where both the father & mother are earning, keeping a full time help is a norm, so there is no physical pressure on the grandparents who are getting older and wiser each day. That way the grand parents do not get taxed on their physical strength and are always there for the little souls who need to be loved, nurtured and looked after well. To me I see it as the second innings for the grandparents. They have fulfilled all their worldly responsibilities and are at ease with what life demands from them. So their stress levels are touching zero, well almost! Now comparing this with the parents, I see it is a life full of activity, vigour and events, so they would be behaving in a way with their kids, not by their choice but by the circumstances they are in. Naturally grandparents are huge moderators in the family. I cannot imagine a house without grandparents. Though there are a huge number of nuclear families, but I am sure if given a chance they would all want to live with their elders or get them living closer to their homes.
It goes without saying that how happy we are going to make them when we take good care of them. We get to spend time with them and in return learn a whole lot of things that no one will ever teach us. And the amount of love, care and patience that we will earn from them is immeasurable. A relation they say is always two ways. To an extent it is true I say. But when it comes to loving grand children, I say grandparents make an exception. Their love is unconditional, unbinding, pure, non demanding and above all mystical. They do not expect anything in return from their children or little grand masters. They can endlessly and tirelessly go on with their stories that seem to come out of Pandora’s Box, linking the little ones past and yet so forward, preparing them for their future. A little respect, a lot of love and care for their grandparents comes naturally to the grand children, effortlessly.
I would like to end my speech by saying this that in a house where elders are cherished and looked after well, lives God himself. Grandparents complete life’s circle of love. Someone once said, “THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT OF PARENTS, A LITTLE BIT OF TEACHER AND A LITTLE BIT OF FRIEND”.
Thank you and have a day filled with love, care and laughter.
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