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Originally Posted by graciegirl
I can feel the pride you have in your children. I am so blessed to see the same beautiful trait in the people who are close to me. The children may not be similar to each other, but the beautiful emotion of parental love is. Sometimes our children change US to be more like them. That is the treasure to living to be this old.
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Yes, we all are fortunate to be able to take pride in our adult children as well as the grandchildren.....also, you are correct in saying that it is a treasure to live to experience it all.
Right now, after returning from two weeks in Colorado camping in the Rockies with her children, etc. etc......touring all the museums in Denver, etc, seeing baby goats being born at their uncle's home...........and after pitching the hay crop to help out a family who "barters" horseback riding for our grandchildren in Vermont, our daughter is now working on the next two months of hosting Chinese students from mainland China for a cultural exchange. It's just her "Summer Work Schedule" as she is the E.S.L. director of these exchange programs.......and teaches E.S.L. and E.L.L. during school year.
''This summer, Spiral International is hosting language and cultural programs for visiting Chinese students. As these programs draw ever closer, we are still in need of 13 host families plus 8 more. Hosting is a great way to support diversity in local education'''
Our grandchildren learn so much from these visiting foreign students each year..........
Mainland China (affluent families send their students to U.S.) to rural Vermont is quite a big sea change. Ditto for the host families and VT students......
I marvel at all of their "energy".......and ultimate rewarding experiences they all share. This generation of "youth" has made the world a smaller place, for sure.