Comedienne Jenny Eclair shares her experiences as a grandmother, describing the joy and immersion she finds in spending time with her two-year-old grandson, Arlo. She recounts their floor-based playtime, imaginary adventures, and the unique perspective it offers on life.
Jenny Eclair now has the time and the inclination to pick up another brown stick and wait 10 minutes for a squirrel to appearIt’s the first time I have ever given my full-on attention to a toddler
Occasionally we eyeball each other over the kitchen table when he dismisses my attempts to get vegetables down his gullet with a contemptuous wave of the hand and an imperious “I don’ like that.” When I was in my thirties, I found trudging to the park and stopping at every puddle to throw a stone in really tedious: the swing pushing an utter torment. I couldn’t wait for the kid to grow up, speak full sentences, buckle her own car seat, and microwave her own dinner.
Sometimes I wonder if I should feel more guilty about how impatient I was with my own child, how much I resented giving her my undivided attention when I always felt I should have been doing something else – relieved to have a childminder on hand to eat at the fictional tea party. I didn’t even want a boy, I didn’t think I would bond, and I never anticipated the thrill of this small hand in mine, his arms around my neck .I am very aware that this love affair won’t last for ever, that I may only have 10 more years, if that. I have developed a pathological fear of the horrible local teenagers: bitchy girls and uncommunicative boys.
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