When our first granddaughter was born, it was an exciting time for my husband and me, as it is for most first-time grandparents. My husband had never known any of his grandparents.
They were all deceased by the time of his birth, so when we married, he experienced the closeness I had with my grandparents and heard stories of how my grandparents affected my life and influenced me as I grew up. He talked a great deal about how he wanted to be a good grandparent.
