There are always some set of rules to life. Parents are the ones who make the rules, kids are the ones who follow them/test them, and grandparents are the people that bend the rules so you can have fun; and you cant get in trouble because your grandparents were with you.
To put it bluntly, my grandparents are my favorite people in the world. They give me advice, listen to what I'm saying when I feel like I need to talk, and always sneak me that extra cookie when mom used to say no when I was younger. My grandparents are exactly who I aspire to be like, and I feel honored to have them in my life.
When I was younger, and people would complain about going to their grandparents' house, I never used to understand. They give you love, food, and all the attention in the world, what was so wrong with that? I soon came to realize while people had grandparents I had "super" grandparents.
I wanted to be at their house all the time and to be quite honest, most of the time I still do. I felt bad for the people who didn't have grandparents like mine.
At 5 years old when I would stay over their house in Brooklyn, my pappou (grandpa) would always make some "3-day plan" with me so I was always able to do everything I wanted. The schedule looked somewhat like this:
1. Thursday--> ice cream
2. Friday--> park then toy shopping
3. Baking at home with giagia (grandma)
and so forth. I always heard it was more fun to be a grandparent than a parent because you are no longer "the bad guy." Rather than making and enforcing the rules, you get to bend them and basically make yourselves look like gods of some sort in your grandchildren eyes because if mom was around you knew some of the stuff you did would never fly.
My grandparents have never let me down, they've never given up on me even when I make my fair share of mistakes, and they are always proud to call me their granddaughter. They taught me my heritage, taught me how to love, and how to have fun.
Pappou and Giagia always encourage me in everything I do, and they're almost always the first people I call when I have any type of news. From a young age, you're always taught to appreciate and respect your elders, but for me, I look at my grandparents and see my built-in best friends.
