I've been vindicated. On The Today Show, Meredith Vierra confirmed what I have been saying....we boomers are becoming Grandmothers with style and pizzaz. http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?g=e63803c4-f577-43a1-bd55-d00dc7a94fce
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Six months ago my daughter announced that she and her hubby were expecting .... Standing in her kitchen, with baby booties in hand, I shrieked with joy and then cringed. I was going to be a Grandmother????
My Grandmother baked apple pies, wore flowered housecoats and roll down hose. Her corset left crinkles in her otherwise baby soft skin and she waxed the whiskers from her chin with a concotion that smelled like a tar and vasoline martini. Grandma smoked unfiltered and drank in private. Her life was totally devoted to me, and I wouldn't be the woman I am today without her unfailing love and support.
I wear designer jeans, burn most everything I cook, am a health junkie, and have traveled the world in the course of my career. My children were raised with the assumption that they would come along for the ride. I am a boomer.
Although I had always fantasized about being a Grandmother, this seemed too soon. I had trips planned, workouts to do, projects to finish. I didn't own a house dress or corset and would need to take cooking classes to learn the art of baking apple pies.
And then my daughter presented me with a 4D image of my granddaughter. Meg Evans South, in utero, was a beauty. Her lips were full and luscious, her nose squished and adorable and she was smiling. Be still my heart.
Many of us in the boomer generation will be making this journey. As we have redefined women in the workplace and marriage equality, so we will redefine being grandparents. Goldie Hawn said it first and the Today Show confirmed it in their special report on April 23rd, the Boomer's have a new vision of Grandparenting. We are Glam.
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