I love it when my granddaughter comes over to my location! She is regularly energetic and excited to see me.
I know in a way my location makes her feel a bit safer because my location provides warmth that her parent’s home doesn’t easily have.
They actually do have a warm home but the walls are so thin that they need added insulation. The heating and cooling tech came to their home and said everything is good with their heating and cooling system. The thing that my home provides is a hot but wonderful fireplace. No one in the family has one besides me. I make sure it’s taken care of as well so it can run all year round. I don’t usually use my fireplace during the summer but on a chilly evening, it will be utilized. Whenever my granddaughter comes over, she walks straight to the dining room and sits on the couch, just seeing the sparks of the fireplace. She gets so lost in them and it seems she enjoys it. I don’t easily question it at all because she is at peace and that is what matters most. When she is over and plops down on my couch to watch the sparks, she falls asleep in less than 10 minutes, we don’t easily talk much the evening she comes over until the morning. I find it kind of funny that the only words she says to me when she comes over are, “Hi Grandpa.” There is nothing else and I don’t care, I’m just cheerful to see that she wants to come over.