legacy My dream grandparent calendar I BY JERRY WITKOVSKY, MSW know I'm not alone when I say being a grandparent can be lonely. Let me rephrase that. It's not being a grandparent that makes me feel lonely. The part where I'm surrounded by my grandchildren is joyous. My heart is full! But it's the part when they leave to go back to their homes. One minute everyone is in town. My children. My grandchildren. Even great-grandchildren now. And then I'm alone again. " " Please come enter my world and share your world with me. We are conscientious as a family to make sure we are together for "the big two." In our family that's Thanksgiving in the fall and Passover in the spring. Since both holidays are planned around a meal, the term feast or famine applies to food, and in terms of visitors as well. I love it. So I'm not suggesting this idea instead of our two annual, full-family gatherings...but in addition to. 31 GRAND Nov-Dec 2019 Continued on next pagehttps://www.facebook.com/GRANDmagazine/ https://www.twitter.com/grandMmagazine