Grandpa Accepts His New Role (finally)

My dad has not exactly accepted his role as grandfather gracefully. He has always been, as I say, a soldier in the war on aging. He has experimented with tinctures, exercise, diet and meditation as ways to stay young. Recently, he admitted to me that he has given up his fight and has accepted his age. At the end of this month, he will be 65. Of course, he continues to make healthy lifestyle choices and is in good shape for an old coot. Nonetheless, his surrender to becoming old has also signaled a white flag in respect to fighting his role as grandpa.

Man, he is starting to love it! No doubt, the DeWitt children (and adults) have got to be incredibly annoying to a man who has lived alone for the past 24 years but, as his recent visit revealed, he is a pretty darn good grandpa. He goo-gooed with his grandson, let his granddaughters primp him up princess style and arrived on the DeWitt scene with a gift for each child. I'm impressed.