Here’s To the Strong Women Who’ve Come Before Us
The story goes that the neighbors would leave food out by the mailbox near the county road and then run. It was the late 1920s, and the polio…
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To Hold a Sleeping Baby is Heavenly
If I had to rate all of God’s gifts to us mere mortals, the ones that reassure us of His love and presence in our lives, surely one of the top…
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I’d Give Anything For One More Day With My Grandparents
1942, Valentine’s Day: my grandparents were married. Having both grown up in difficult situations, I always thought it was so sweet that they…
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Dear Grandma, I’ll Remember For You
I took this picture because I wanted to remember. I wanted to remember the way my grandma’s hand felt under mine, her soft skin wrinkled from years…
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Grandma Kissed You in Heaven Before You Were Born
Most of what I know I learned from my grandma. She taught me to be tough but kind. She taught me to work hard but never forget to stop…
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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 we ordered, and I was…
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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 time raising a big family alone. Growing…
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So God Made a Grandma
And on the 8th day, God looked down on His planned paradise, and said, “I need a caretaker.” So God made a Grandma. God said I need…
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Memories From My Grandmother’s House
I was driving back from a park playdate in the suburbs. Our chance presence in this specific part of town and my nostalgia led me to take a detour on…
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My Grandmother Has Left. Here’s What She Left Behind.
The last time I saw my grandmother, she lay rigid, a thin sheet pulled to her chin, her gray hair swept away from her face, her ninety-three-year-old…
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