Bob Salsbury takes a rock handed to him by his granddaughter Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 at his valley home. He is in the processing of adopting his granddaughter. (SR Photo: Jesse Tinsley)

There was a little RV in Bob Salsbury’s imaginary retirement, or maybe a Volkswagen van. He’d drive to the coast and camp on the shore. He’d hike and wander the beaches, a “crazy old man” gathering agate and sea glass. Salsbury had worked for the state since Jimmy Carter was president. He’d raised three children. He was ready to retire. He still is, and he still will. But now there’s a curly-haired little girl in the picture – his granddaughter, who loves flowers and butterflies, whose paintings and drawings hang throughout their Spokane Valley home – whom he’s adopting after his daughter and the girl’s biological father relinquished their parental rights. It’s a move more AARP-eligible adults are making, adopting children as first-time parents or tapping into previous experience as parents, by adopting the children of younger relatives who can’t do it themselves/Adrian Rogers, SR. More here.

Question: Do you Boomers who have adopted grandchildren or children of relatives?