Okay, this is Carol Marks with the more remarks podcast. Welcome one at all. I realize it has been a while since I put out an episode on the podcast, therefore, I thought we would , uh, come back with something exciting and an announcement, something lighthearted and fun and exciting to talk about. And today with me, I have the jet. Yes. So we have an announcement to make, do you want to say it or do you want me to start ? All right . We are going to be, no, we don't.
We are not pregnant, but our son's wife is pregnant. So that means we are going to be granted .
Absolutely. We're going to be grandparents first time.
Yes. First timers. Do you want to reveal your age?
I am 59 years
Old and I am going to be 55 in December. So
Do you think,
Oh, you're sweet. So do you think we're late in becoming grandparents?
I have friends that are, that were much younger that have lots of grandkids. And I have friends that are older that do not have grandkids. So I think that's pretty much now, you know , if you went back 35, 40 years ago, we'd be older. But nowadays I think we're right in the media know ,
You know, I remember when I was little though and, you know, remembering my grandparents at the time, I thought they were so old, but now that I'm of age, I look back like , you know what? They probably were not that, oh,
That old that's right . And there are a lot cooler than we knew.
Oh yes, I have that down in my notes. I we're going to talk about how they used to have a life before they were grand . So they , so our , um , son Tyler and his wife, Ashley, they just were married in Vegas back in may. They're the , and Tyler is our youngest. Gracie is our oldest. She was married couple of years ago. But anyway , uh ,
Yeah, that's right.
That's right. That's right. That's right. But anyway, Tyler and Ashley are having the baby and they had a real party and they're having a boy, little boy. And I believe the name is going to be Cameron,
Cameron,
Tyler, Cameron, Tyler Marks . And they're already calling him cam cam, which I love. But anyway, the reveal party was very cute. Nicely done. Wasn't overwhelming.
I'm already jumping to a topic. So if they call him cam cam, where , you know , you think about changing responsibilities as a grandparent, what is your, what are your responsibilities going to be? So I'm going to have to go with therapy. If they call him , can cam , oh, come on. He's gotta be cam not cam cane .
Well there's bam, bam from the Flintstones and yeah .
Yeah , but they didn't say pan bam. They said, bam, bam.
You're just overthinking it. I like it. I like
This day and age, you can't, you know, you can't, you gotta, you gotta stay in the masculine. That's all I can say. He's a boy . He's a masculine masculine boy. I agree . Masculinity is not toxic.
No, it is not. And I'm already going to get him a Carhartt overalls and all that stuff set little boots. But that is part of my topic down here is like , what are the , what are our responsibilities? But first let's talk about what is the number one thing. Well , I guess you kind of hit on it. What is the number one thing you're looking forward to the most about being a grandparent?
Well, I would have to say, and it will probably be limited to as much time as I could bear, but, and I say that joking, like, you know, I was never a father raising a baby. That's true. So being able to hold the baby and cuddle with a baby and play with, and you know, just, just bond and bond and bond with a child like that, you know , I get that opportunity.
Oh yeah. That's right. So Jack was our little dog passed away about a year ago. He was our toddler. So Jack maybe trained you up.
I could've been that to be a grandparent that have been at your ripe .
Um , so the other thing is we talked about this too. What do you think our responsibilities will include as far as being grandparents' safety,
Net
Safety net?
What do you mean by that? Just
Like if they need somebody to watch.
I mean , somebody just, just for any reasonable, I mean, you know, you don't really have responsibilities as far as grandparents , that's the , that's the great part about it. You can spoil them, you can give them candy, you can, you know , hold them just as long and right . Until they poop, when they poop, you can give them back. You know what I mean ? Just all the good
Thing
I agree. But I think primarily it's just, you know, that's, they , they know that they're going to be okay because they know we're going to be around.
Yes. Cause we will be here. Yep . Um , so I'm glad we didn't move out of Huntsville now, which I kind of knew all along. We wouldn't because the kids have always lived here and they're not going to go anywhere. So I figured eventually one day they'll start, they're going to start having kids. So we needed to stay
Here. I'm glad we're here. Yes.
Yes. We are used to. We're still going to travel. Would you ever travel with the baby with a grandkid? Yeah . Depends on how we'll
Just have to get through the day before we figure that out.
So what is the one thing that you want to teach him right off the bat or when, when he's able to learn things?
Uh, first of all, how to say, should
Talk about our names ,
But the reason I say that is because, you know, if you ever need anything yeah . Should that way they don't have, they don't, you know, I guess that , you know , the part of the responsibility of grandparent is to be there just as long as you can,
But we have to tell the listeners why you're teaching them to say shook.
It's a very good reason because that is the name that Carol has chosen for the grant . So
Yes , yes. I want to be called shook. I'm not going to be called grandma and granny, Nana, Nan, nothing like that. I want to be called shook , which is kind of short for sugar and then carry the jet is going to be called pop, pop pops or pop pop. So it will be sugar and pops , sugar, pop pops, sugar pops. That's what we're going
To be. Yes. I think that'll
Be key . I always wanted to have like an old said, oh, woman Southern name. So I think sugar. I think that'll be good. A good old lady. Old nickname from
It . Doesn't okay. Yeah. I like that. Yeah , absolutely.
So what was it that you learned from your grandparents? I know that's a lot, but what's the first thing that comes to mind when you think about your grandparents and what you learned from them ?
Well, you know, I only knew one of my grandparents, my
Grandmother, which is on your mom's side .
And the thing I took away from knowing her was basically , uh, I don't know how you say it, but she was, she was the kind of person that if a , if a mosquito landed on her, she brushed the Mesquite off. So she didn't harm it. She didn't want to , she didn't harm. She had no ill will toward anyone or anything. And she appreciated everything. God , I'm such a selfish . And that was what I learned from her. Mostly that attitude of life that she had,
How do I get there? I want to be like that.
Well, I don't know . I don't know if she went through a hell of a life and a lot of things in life. And I don't know if she just got to the point where that was just, she accepted
It, all. Anything about her when
She was younger? Well, I may not know . I knew what my parents had told them at all.
I mean like, does she have a job? Did she work or no? Okay.
She was married to a doctor.
Okay . Then she always lived in the south. Yeah.
Okay.
Was it okay? Well anyway, so kindness, gentle, soft hearted, kindness, never wished any. It will
Be a good part . Yes.
I don't think I'll ever be. I think our grandparents lived in a different, obviously they lived in a different time. It was a different world. Back
Then men were men, women were
Women and they were smarter. It seemed like they, everybody was smarter back then.
Yeah. Uh, I'm not sure if smarter is the best way to put
You respond , they have more responsibility, more responsible. They were aware of themselves. They took responsibility. They made that
They didn't have to take care of themselves where people today rely on other people to take care
Of them. That's what I was getting at. Like I say , if ,
If it got to a point where an amp hit and we lost everything, our grandparents would've known how to live. Yes . This generation has no idea what to do. Cause they'll go. W w I don't have money .
Well, I'm , I think I I'm included in that because I've gotten so reliant on my phone, but I also grew up without a phone.
So be able
To figure it out. I think it would be able to figure it out.
Th it was not that we well true. But going back to the grandparents were talking about, they knew how to take care of it .
Yes. And they knew how to grow food. They knew how to cook. They knew how to preserve food, you know , all that stuff,
How to take care of themselves. Whereas today
I have one of my grandparents still living Momo She's in her nineties. She was in her nineties. So she would be a great grandma. She's already a great grandma to my cousins. So they have kids. No, she'll be great. Great
Grandmother. She's
Your grandmother. She's my grandma. She's my dad's my dad. My dad would be the great grandpa and she would be great . Great, grandma . She already had this . She
Already has a great
She's already a great, great. Yeah , she's already a great, great, great, great. She's a great, great. She is. Yep . So Connie has a daughter who has a daughter who has a daughter. I think there's five generations of women. Her daughter, Connie is my mom's daughter. Connie has a daughter,
And then I saw it as a daughter as a great ,
No, she's a great, great there's five generations because I have a picture of him. There's Momo con
The daughter, daughter, daughter, probably hilarious. Great, great. Holy cow. They had those things quick. Cause if she's
97 ,
I'm just saying , if you divide that by five, nine divide, 90 by
Five, don't put me on the spotlight.
That's 18.
So that
Means that every one of them had a child at 18 years old. Well, that's what I'm saying. That's the average. So if somebody went to 20, somebody had it at 16, that's what I'm saying. That's the average. So yeah, they had them younger than say yes . Anyway. So that may be part of the reason you think that you might think that , uh, we're late in life of having them. No , I think they were just really, really early. Yeah .
I don't feel like I'm 50, almost 55 then sometimes most of the time
I'm not mentally, mentally. I don't physically, lately . I felt like I'm about a thousand, 12,013. Yeah . But,
But I'm excited. I'm excited to be sure .
I am. I'm excited to be popped. That's going to be fun. It's going to be very interesting. Yes .
To see our children become parents that's
Yeah. Just hope and pray that they just take the right steps and do what's do what's right. All they have to do and they'll be fine. Yep .
Hopefully we've
Set a good example. Hopefully. So hopefully
You have ,
Well , you have to, you have to, so it's going to be fun, but now we're going to have to guess the have start-up , uh, w you know , one of the things we're gonna have to do is start pooled , figure out the size and the weight . Cause I've got some money to make. I mean, I've got some have figured that out here real fast might do that at work, a baby pool. I know you don't care giving five bucks. That's the size and the way .
Well, I guess that's all I had just a real quick announcement just to get this podcast back up .
Absolutely. If you have any grandparenty advice, send it our way. We would greatly appreciate it.
Awesome. Thanks
For listening. Have a great day.
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