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Kids
March 30, 2020
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Stay Home For the Ones Who’d Give Anything To Hold Their Grandbabies

This is not normal. This is not fun. This is actually the worst feeling ever, but I know this is temporary. Today, my dad walked over four miles to…

Living
March 23, 2020
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Dear Mom and Dad, I Wish I Could Hug You Right Now

My kids stood by in anticipation while the familiar sound of the FaceTime dial rang through the kitchen. My mom—with her…

Grief
March 8, 2020
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I Wonder What it Would Be Like if You Were Still Here

I stopped in to say hello. The tears flowed from my eyes the moment I knelt down on the grass. They came so fast and so quick I didn’t even realize…

Grief
February 17, 2020
6 Minute Read

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…

Kids
December 10, 2019
3 Minute Read

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 out screwdrivers to open the…

Grief
December 5, 2019
3 Minute Read

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 smeared, and wondering if anyone…

Grown Children, Living
September 8, 2019
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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 thick and thin; 60+ years is no…

Kids
September 6, 2019
6 Minute Read

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…

Grief, Kids, Motherhood
August 27, 2019
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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…

Grown Children, Kids, Motherhood
June 30, 2019
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3 Minute Read

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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Stay Home For the Ones Who’d Give Anything To Hold Their Grandbabies

Dear Mom and Dad, I Wish I Could Hug You Right Now

I Wonder What it Would Be Like if You Were Still Here

I’d Give Anything For One More Day With My Grandparents

Let Their Grandparents Spoil Them This Christmas

Dear Grandparents, All Kids Want For Christmas is You

Thanks For Everything, Grandma and Grandpa

This Time With Grandparents is So Precious

Let the Grandparents Spoil While They Still Can

Dad, My Kids Are So Lucky To Have You As Their Grandpa

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