Let the Grandparents Spoil While They Still Can
Today my children visited their grandmother, or as we call her Memeré (French for Grandma). It wasn’t like most visits with a grandparent. This…
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Dad, My Kids Are So Lucky To Have You As Their Grandpa
That twinkle in your eye. It’s always been my favorite. It was the thing I looked to for approval, humor, and reassurance as a daddy’s little…
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Grandpa’s Tender Heart Was Born of a Little Girl’s Ferocious Love For Him
At a recent Chick-fil-A visit, my kids got some cards with questions on them that were meant to spark dinner discussions. As we went around the table…
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To the Grandparents Gone Too Soon
Dear Grandma, I am one of the blessed ones to have grown up with you by my side. You taught me to crack an egg, do my own laundry, and that there is…
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A Grandmother’s Wish For Her Grandchild
Author’s note: This letter was written to my son by his grandmother, Wilma Malherbe, a week before this birth. My little prince, I wish…
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The Big Storm
When our granddaughter Taylor was two years old, we took care of her while her parents attended an out-of-state wedding. Taylor settled in well, but…
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I See Her in the Sky
Eighteen years later…I still see her. I feel her presence. I think of the joy she would get from all I do, all I’ve become, and…
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5 things being a grandparent has taught me
I became a grandparent 3 years ago. I had no idea just how this would change my life. I had had my children and now, as the circle of life…
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