By Patricia Geurds My Grandma Wasn’t Warm and Fuzzy, But She Knew How to Love
I opened my son's SpongeBob Squarepants notebook and stared at the words I had written the night before. Clearing my…
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By Lindsay Sledge The House on Wakefield Drive
Jack and Nancye built a house on Wakefield Drive in 1988, the year their first grandchild was born. The year I…
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By Tynea Lewis A Grandma Loves You Like No One Else Can
There’s something special about a grandma. She loves you in a way no one else can. There’s something special about…
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By Kimberly Yavorski It Doesn’t Matter What My Grandkids Call Me, I Just Want Them To Call
When people learn you will be a new mom, you get congratulations, lots of unsolicited advice, and scary birth stories.…
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Being a Grandma Is My Mom’s Sweet Spot
“You won’t understand until you walk a mile in my shoes” is more relatable now that I'm a mother. As…
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We Remember the Way Grandmas Made Us Feel
Across my aunt’s dining room table are black and white pictures and handwritten letters from decades before I was born.…
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By Katie Revai LeFevre Thank You for Love that Spans Generations
When I look back on my childhood, so many of my most cherished memories are of the days I spent…
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By Stefanie Chiarel Lucky Enough To be Loved by Her
Have you ever had to say goodbye as your very heavy heart kept repeating . . . but it isn’t…
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By Betsy Moore She Has Her Mother’s Hands and Carries on Her Legacy
I remember my nana still in her nightgown sitting on a tall, metal step stool in her tiny kitchen drinking…
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By Lizzy Christian I Promise to Be a Grandma Who Loves Big
As a child, I would close my eyes as tight as postpartum jeans and teleport myself to an alternate reality.…
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By Leslee Madsen Grandma’s House Is My Happy Place
The pain was excruciating. I was in labor with my daughter, and she was coming fast. The nurse was trying…
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My Kids Have a Pray Out Loud Grandma
My kids have a pray-out-loud grandma. Not just an “I’ll be praying for you” grandma. Like out loud, let’s pray…
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