By Angela Anagnost-Repke Let Their Grandparents Spoil Them This Christmas
Red and green wrapping paper covers family room floors of spoiled children on Christmas Eve and morning. The parents get…
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By Amanda Wells Dear Grandparents, All Kids Want For Christmas is You
I didn't mean to cry. It just happened. I wiped furiously at my hot cheeks, hoping my eye makeup hadn't…
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By Vicki Bahr My Grandmother Left Me Her Love
We were sitting at my sister’s birthday lunch, waiting for a few stragglers to make it to the restaurant before…
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By Melinda Tietsort Thanks For Everything, Grandma and Grandpa
Grandma and Grandpa, Thanks for showing me what it means to be committed in marriage. You stuck together through the…
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By Patrick Danz This Time With Grandparents is So Precious
It’s hard to believe we’re approaching the 15th anniversary of my grandfather’s passing. My grandfather–affectionately known as “Pa Joe”–left us…
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By Kelli Bachara A Mom is a Mother Forever
My mom still waves goodbye to me. She stands out on her driveway and waves. Sometimes even blows me a…
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By Chelsea Ohlemiller 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…
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By Vanessa Colangelo She’s My Mom, and She Did Her Best
It was a typical Thursday morning, but the gloomy clouds and drizzling rain poetically accompanied a nagging sadness that I…
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By Leah Porritt To the Grandparents Who Live Far Away, We Feel Your Love
Dear out-of-town grandparent, I see you in your house over there. Too far for me to see, but familiar enough…
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By Ashley Bufe He Still Has Her Cup
He saved her cup. It's been nearly 20 years, but he still has her cup. That's hard to say, and…
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By Jenny Albers My Parents Are Aging and I Worry
I woke suddenly in the wee hours of the morning, unsure if it was the pounding thunder that had startled…
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By Charissa West 383 Years of Parenting Boils Down to Nana’s 4 Truths
My grandmother had seven kids in six years (no twins), and as a colonel’s wife, she spent large periods of…
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