Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

We had dinner with our daughter's inlaws last night, and any worry about what to talk about or interests we share has been utterly dissolved by our mutual grandson.  He was the center of attention and his exploits provided all the topics we needed to bond.  And I did feel closer to them afterwards.  They are doing a great job of caring for him while our daughter works, and it gives me a break, which I needed as I picked up our grandson's cold and cough last week.  We are a mutual admiration society for the benefit of the baby, and all our speech is tinged with the joy of him.  We each took turns holding him as we were eating dinner, and shared tricks we'd learned to entertain him.  Then his parents swept him away for bath and bedtime, and we said goodbye and went home.  I knew from experience that the other grandparents needed rest, lots of rest, to babysit today.  We old folks have to stick together!