My grandmother was like my best friend. Even after I grew up she would spend weekends with my family and me, making homemade noodles, chicken and dumplings, teaching myself and my girls to crochet. Being around wonderful grandparents taught me how to be the parent, and grandparent that I am today. I am a grandmother of 11 children, and I would fight in the highest court to keep visitation rights with them. Children rely on grandparents these days with both parents working.
Grandparents are their stability.
Nothing ever changes with grandparents. The rules are always the same, and we always have time to stop and listen to them. I no longer have grandparents in my life as they have all passed on. My life will always have great memories, but my heart will always have an empty spot in it as well. No child should be denied being with a grandparent.