Hi All; >Sometimes I feel free-er around the grandchildren. They don't really >understand, but they don't make a fuss nor do they give me platatudes. They >just love me. > >Here's to grandchildren. Marling Over the holidays, my parents came to visit, and although we don't have children, we do have 3 dogs. Before long, my dad was refering to them as his "granddogs". If my dad was feeling good, and was up and about, the dogs played wildly with him. If he was tired and quiet, they lay beside him. Once when I saw my dad trying to control a tremor in his leg while he watched TV, my Doberman sat beside him and rested her big black head on his knee. It was a "Kodak moment". By the way.....my dogs had never even MET my parents.....they just seem to know..... Laura Forgetta Ventura, CA. Huckleberry, Finn and Sawyer [log in to unmask]