![With my always above and beyond the call of duty parents](http://www.kathleenrowell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/With-my-always-above-and-beyond-the-call-of-duty-parents-1-1024x817.jpg)
“I feel a little guilty – like I manipulated her” – seriously? Is there a manipulative tactic I didn’t employ? Easter was my father’s favorite holiday and one of the busiest days of his year. Monday was his day off and I stole this one without a second thought.
![Two arms full of love](http://www.kathleenrowell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Two-arms-full-of-love-1024x985.jpg)
That said, part of me doesn’t feel guilty – because every minute my children spent with their grandparents was blessed – and I’m pretty sure my parents treasured those times too. They were young grandparents, age wise. I’m not sure I was ready to be a grandparent when I was their age.
![Special moments with their grandchildren](http://www.kathleenrowell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Special-moments-with-their-grandchildren-1-1017x1024.jpg)
However, more than a decade later, I am so ready I have baby fever. Facebook friends post adorable pictures of their grandchildren and I ache and think, “I want that!” I see cute babies in restaurants and think, “I want that!” I have quite the opposite reaction on airplanes, when an infant breaks the sound barrier for the entire flight. When that happens, I shudder and think, “Thank God that’s not my problem.”
![At the end of the day](http://www.kathleenrowell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/At-the-end-of-the-day-1-1024x763.jpg)
But I kind of secretly wish it was.
![How nice it would be!](http://www.kathleenrowell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/How-nice-it-would-be-1024x736.jpg)
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