My grandparents raised me and my brother, and they were older than my friends' parents. They were more strict than other parents, but there were also benefits to their age. They also became loving and affectionate great grandparents to my kids.
In my parent's absence, my grandparents raised me and my brother. We also had an extended family helping out and a foster mother, Esther, who started taking us during the week when my grandmother went to work.
Most of my friends had a mother and a father. I watched them go to father-daughter dances. Some of their parents were divorced but still involved in their lives. They didn't have to wonder who to make the card out to for Mother's Day or if they could make two because they didn't want to hurt anybody's feelings by leaving them out.
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