The Elusive Joys of Grandparenting: How Distance Kept Judy From Playing With Any of Her Grandkids

Anyone for playtime. There is no shortage of (unwrapped) toys to play with.

Judy once asked her oldest granddaughter if she could count all the Mickey Mouses around her home. The four-year old started to count the Mickies in the various shelves and finally gave up saying, "Gammy you have too many toys." Yet sadly, Judy still has no grandkids to share her countless toys with. With that being said, you may be wondering ‘why?’

Physical barriers were only partially to blame for Judy's isolation from her grandchildren As much as Judy loved collecting toys, she wondered if if her obsession with toys wasn't a deep-seated hope that it might bring her grandchildren closer.

In this post, Judy describes the births of her beloved grandchildren, and the events that have kept her from playtime with her kids' kids, and why the myriad, mountains of toys around her invoke a bittersweet emotion within her.

And soon you will know.