Grandparents, and i have already learned that when you are about to become a parent for the first time, you can be a little terrified at the prospect and the responsibility, but becoming a grandparent for the first time, nothing but joy and excitement. Very little responsibility. So im especially looking forward to that. My only regret is my late mother will not be here to meet her greatgrandchild. She would have been over the moon and filled with good advice, but only for the parents, but for the grandparents. Ive been thinking a lot about her lately because mothers day always prompts those memories. They bring a fresh reminder of how much she gave to me and my brothers and so many others, and her commitment to social justice, which helped to mold and inspire me when i was growing up. I think about the obstacles she overcame in what was a very difficult life. By the age of 14 she was off on her own, working as a housekeeper and nanny. Thankfully, the woman who hired her about her to t