What kind of relationship do you share with them? What’s their importance in your life?.
I miss having my grandparents around I didnt even get a chance to see my dada or nana and i always feel so sad about that. I wish kids who have their grandparents around them, make use of it; love them, respect them and learn from them. Unfortunately most see them as burden and/or as too interefering :(.
Unfortunately even parents nowadays dont make their kids listen to the elders or to respect them. I only got a chance to know my dado (though lost her when i was quite young) and nano. But i still rememebr when dado use to be staying at her own place and not ours, we had to visit her every weekend no matter what. We as kids use to show nakhras that we dont wanna eat this or that there but all it took was Abu’s one nazr n we use to be on the track. There are so many things like that use to make us think of dad as a strict one but now i respect him all the more for this.
I still remember when dadi was home n she wasnt well dad use to sleep in her room. I was very young like 5-6 years old and i woud cry that i wanna sleep with my dad but he wouldnt listen to my tanturums or anything even if it meant i wud stay up all nite. So i think everyone must strike a balance between every relationship. What i see now is that the husband and wife r too busy in their world to even ask the old parents if they are well or need anything to comfort them.
My grandmother (nani) was a nice soul, may Allah grant her Jannat. People even talk/remember her in nice words after being dead in almost 20 years.
My grandfather (dada) died when I was 3 years old. Dont remember him and mostly havent heard much about him except from my mum at times.
My daddi and nana are both alive, but nonexisting. They dont play any role in my life whatsoever, for all I can say, they could be dead and it wouldnt make any difference. Harsh, but the cruel reality. Of course I wish I knew them better and had a relationship with them, but this is what happens, when elders forget their priorities and play too much family politics.
My Nana and Nani were the most important people in my life for the first 12 or so years. (Yes, even more than my parents). And with my Nani I had a unique bond, being the first of her grandchildren . Then she slipped into a coma and I was devastated. And my Nana instilled in me the love of the English language, politics and social matters. I consider him the person behind my current knowledge.
I consider myself incredibly blessed to have had such great grandparents.
My Dada was a very nice, loving man. But my Dadi = HORRIBLE
Grandparents are a blessing. Alhumdulilah i have been luck enough to have both my dada and dadi with me since i was born. Dadi passed away around 5 yrs ago.
Nana passed away around 3yrs ago, only knew him whenever we went to pakistan. Never saw my nani.
The best relation i had was with my dadi, she was easy going type of person and was really active even though she was blind. She would always tell jokes and make people laugh.
We have this rule/etiquette thing that we have to say meet and say salaam to dada/dadi when we leave and come home.
I never knew my nani and dada....i was well and truly blessed to know my nana...he unfortunately passed more that 10 years ago...i'm blessed to have my dadi in my life but she's in pak...so i dont really speak to her or see her as much as i would like.
BUT to those who have grandparents are truly blessed by Allah and are so lucky....to have the hand of an elder on your head is amazing. and to them as their grandchild are so precious....
i wish i had that...i truly do...elders in the family are a blessing from Allah!
I've only known my grandfather (dada abu) and grandmother (nani amma). My dadi and nana passed away before I was born. Having lived most of my life abroad I only met my grandparents once a year or so when we would visit Pakistan or we would invite them for Umrah and live with us in Saudi. Both were incredibly nice and kind, very religious as well. My nani passed away around 6 years ago and my dada only passed away 2 months ago, may Allah grant him a place in Jannah. I am incredibly proud of my grandfather, he went through a lot of hardship in his life and sacrificed a lot for his family. He migrated to Pakistan at partition as a kid so had to start from scratch. All his life he did hard, physical labour in his small farm to put my dad and his brothers through school/college. He was the last remaining 'buzurg' in my family and I feel lucky to have had him as my grandfather.
I didnt even get a chance to see my dada or nana and i always feel so sad about that. I wish kids who have their grandparents around them, make use of it; love them, respect them and learn from them. Unfortunately most see them as burden and/or as too interefering :(.