What Profound Changes Happened When You Became A Grandparent?
We asked readers of GRAND Magazine to share with us some of the profound changes that took place in their lives when they became a grandparent. The following …
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Gift giving: To Nana, With Love
How I Taught My Grandkids the Fine Art of Gift-Giving | By Polly Tafrate For years, Christmas morning was always the same: my grandchildren’s …
A Grandma’s Poem for Her New Baby Boy
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 …
My Adopted Grandmother; Great Aunt Lu
By: Karla Sullivan I was shocked as I slowly pulled in front… only bits and pieces of the house could be seen. Not even a front or side door was visible. …
Gone
There’s little left that I can do. My bones are weak, my strength is gone; my days of lifting children high, of sending kites up to the sky, of …
Hair Balls & Shark Attacks . . .
By Helene Thomas I received a desperate phone call from my daughter Tonya, who needed a babysitter for a few days. Unsuspecting of the hilarious situation I …
Holiday Greetings From Grand
There is this lovely Christmas song about an orphan girl named, Maria, who finds a bird with a broken wing, it’s called, “The Gift.” Maria uses …
Kinship Care Notes
Dear friends – As we bring the year to a close, we are looking at some big changes in spreading the word about A Kinship Guide to Rescuing Children for …
Closing In
I go “on safari” with my nine-year-old granddaughter in the forest that borders her suburban New York home. We step gingerly over branches of …
Sweet Love Remembered
Mysteriously, like distorted life forms in a ’50s horror movie, boxes of cards, letters, Boy Scout badges, elementary school drawings, birthday party …