Grandparenting, in the medical community of which i am a part, is not a fun job, I gather. You are
away from your environment, away from your community, interacting, in many
cases, in a new language; there is also the burden - joyful maybe but a burden
nevertheless - of being responsible for a baby and/or child. The challenges are
numerous.
The other day I talked to a lady who is staying with her son
and wife to help them with looking after their baby. Her husband was alone back
home. Though I hardly knew her, when I said hello, she poured her heart out to
me saying she felt caged in the house, life was monotonous, she had no one to even
talk to except the maids etc. I felt sorry for her.
