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Grief
December 5, 2019
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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…

Grief
October 22, 2019
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We Buried Our Son and Welcomed Our First Grandchild

I honestly don’t know where we be in our journey without the gift of our first grandchild. My husband and I have been married for 30 years and we…

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
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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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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…

Grown Children, Kids, Living
June 13, 2019
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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 for me to envision. I see you as you…

Grief, Grown Children
June 7, 2019
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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 me awake or the pounding of my heart. I sat…

Grown Children, Kids, Motherhood
May 25, 2019
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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…

Grief, Living, Loss
May 23, 2019
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I Hope You Can Still Hear Me In Heaven

I sat on the floor with my knees tucked in and my back up against the hospital wall. With my shoulder, I wiped away what felt like the 104th tear as…

grandparents

Dear Grandparents, All Kids Want For Christmas is You

We Buried Our Son and Welcomed Our First Grandchild

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

To the Grandparents Who Live Far Away, We Feel Your Love

My Parents Are Aging and I Worry

383 Years of Parenting Boils Down to Nana’s 4 Truths

I Hope You Can Still Hear Me In Heaven

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