DEAR ABBY: This is another letter on the subject of grandparents raising grandchildren.
When I was 55, I took early retirement because our two grandsons, ages 8 and 6, came to live with us while their grandma worked and their mother went back to school.
For the next several years, they divided their time between their mother and us, sometimes staying with us for several months. The older boy made it permanent when he was 16, and stayed until he finished school and went out on his own. Now 20, he still sends me a present for Father's Day.
My younger grandson, now 18, is living with his mother and stepfather. When he graduated from advanced infantry training at Fort Benning, Ga., guess who was invited to attend? I must have been the proudest grandpa there.
Raising teen-agers wasn't easy. There were quarrels and raised voices, but we got over it. We loved them when they were here and missed them when they were gone. Would I do it again? Absolutely! I wouldn't change a thing. -- GLENN R. SHARP, PROUD GRANDPA, HILLSBORO, ORE.
DEAR GLENN: What an inspirational story of how love can bind a family together! You are justifiably proud. My congratulations on a job well done.