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A Tribute to a Special Grandmother – Anna Bella Guillette

THE MANNER IN WHICH WE GO INTO THE DARK

For Anna Bella Guillette

By David Card Leon

Yesterday, my grandmother died. It was cancer that got her… And while I feel it all happened too quickly, the other side of that coin is you don’t really want cancer to be lackadaisical about its work.

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Parental Guidance: Ever Just Watch Your Grandkids?

By Patricia Patti

 

Despite the comical antics and jokes cleverly played out in the new holiday released movie, Parental Guidance has several life lessons. The film shows the struggle between generations and different views on child rearing. The movie’s conflicts are so fundamentally human, making the audience smile, no matter which side you [...]

Earth Day Crafts for Grandkids

By Colleen Sell

Easy-peasy projects that make learning about ecology fun for everyone!

 

 

 

 

The ideal crafts project for kids has four characteristics:

It is enjoyable and relatively easy to do. It can be made with materials you have or can purchase easily and inexpensively. It helps your grandchild [...]

A Grandma’s Poem for Her New Grandbaby

A Poem for My New Grandson

By Debra Karplus

Welcome to the world, little boy.

You’ve brought our family so much love and joy.

Sleep peacefully, baby, your world is still safe, warm, soft and kind.

I gaze at you and imagine about the future path you might find.

Will you be creative like your [...]

Cast a Vote for Littlest Heroes with a Big Mission

Would you cast a free e-vote to make a more humane world? Just click here: http://giveforyouth.maker.good.is/projects/humane-heroes and vote (you will need to fill out your name) and you support American Humane Association and the Lois Pope LIFE Foundation’s new nationwide afterschool program to teach children to value all living things: America’s Children to Help Build [...]

Why Was Another Young Life Lost to Suicide?

Editor’s Note: We wanted to reprint this eulogy for Aaron Swartz, as he was someone’s grandson and he deserved to live a long and productive life. Suicide by young people is rising especially in the military.

Aaron Swartz was an internet leader and free-speech advocate. He helped organize the worldwide movement to keep [...]

Satellite Boy: Love and Connection Between Generations

By Pat Burns, Movie Reviewer and West Coast Editor for GRAND Magazine

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNTl1mnW084

Catriona McKenzie’s first feature film, “SATELLITE BOY,” is about an elderly grandfather, Jagamarra (David Gulpilil), and the life lessons he teaches his 10-year-old grandson, Pete (Cameron Wallaby). Pete, who was abandoned by his mother, lives with his sage grandfather in a [...]