Blogging My Autobiography - Chapter 29

I, Grandpa

With excuses to Isaac Asimov, I will borrow the title of the story but not much of the substance. The story is about a robot becoming human. This story is about a human becoming a Grandpa.

Grandpa didn’t used to be a Grandpa. He used to be Dad and before that he was Babe and before that he was just Robert the Human.

Robert the Human was a boy who had a Grandpa of his own. We called him Grandpa Ted.

Grandpa Ted was a wonderful grandpa. He built wonderful things of wood, took us fishing and gave Robert the Human church mints.

He was so nice that Robert the Human wanted to turn into a grandpa, just like Grandpa Ted.

When Robert the Human grew up he knew that he had to be Robert the Husband because if you are not a husband you can’t become Robert the Dad.

Eventually Robert the Human met Debi the Human and they got married. Now he was Robert the Husband (or Robert the Babe!) and on his way to becoming Robert the Grandpa.

Robert the Husband and Debi the Wife decided that it was time they changed, so they became Robert the Dad and Debi the Mom.

They loved being a Dad and a Mom, mostly because they had Andrew the Human and Catherine the Human to be parents to. It was a great thing to be able to do.

After a few years of being Human, Andrew and Catherine met other Humans named Angela and Jeff. They got married and turned into a Husband and a Wife like Robert and Debi did.

Robert the Dad was happy that Andrew the Human was now Andrew the Husband and Catherine the Human was now Catherine the Wife. He still wanted to turn into a grandpa, but he had to wait for Andrew and Catherine to become a Dad and a Mom.

Catherine the Wife was the first to change. She became Catherine the Mom first. She had a little Human named Butterfly. Robert the Dad was VERY happy, he was now Grandpa Rob, just like Grandpa Ted! He could hardly wait for Butterfly to get older so he could make things with her, take her fishing and give her church mints when Catherine the Mom will let him.

So, is our story over? No, of course not!

Grandpa Rob gets to turn into a new grandpa every time a new Human joins our family. So far we have Colin the Human, Pirate the Human and Professor the Human. Pirate and Professor are twin Humans! This is a very special thing. Grandpa Rob gets two little Humans to be grandpa to.Colin the Human came one month before Pirate and Professor and he visits Grandpa Rob every day. For a while, Butterfly the Human, Pirate the Human and Professor the Human were all visiting together at Grandpa Rob’s house. He was very happy. Maybe the happiest he has ever been. He could be Grandpa Rob to ALL FOUR of his little humans at the same time. Eventually they will build things together, go fishing and maybe, find church mints in Grandpa Rob’s pocket.

Grandpa Ted would be proud.