Comments on: How to Be an Unforgettable Grandparent

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:04:58 +0000

In reply to Grandma of 13 (plus a few grandangels). Thanks for sharing your loving memories of your grandparents!

By: Grandma of 13 (plus a few grandangels)

Grandma of 13 (plus a few grandangels) — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 21:07:21 +0000

In reply to Nancy. I've considered this same phenomenon. I loved my grandparents IMMENSELY!!!! More than any other people in the world!! Yet, thinking back they did not play with me/us grandchildren. They worked hard to love and serve - they loved God and I knew it by now they studied His word and worked to live it. I washed dishes beside Grandma, she taught me to crochet. I rode horses to fix fences around the farm with Grandpa and listened closely to his stories. Grandma did play games sometimes while we traveled - to avoid boredom. That was fun! And I'll never forget my other Grandma colored with me once. The stories she told and the love she also had for Jesus and Jerusalem, etc, infused into my heart! Hope I can remember that everything I do and am affects these little ones.

By: Sara

Sara — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 16:59:29 +0000

In reply to Nancy. What great memories you have! What I notice is that it was the time spent with your grandparents, doing what they did, and them sharing their time and values with you. Thank you so much for sharing--I loved reading about your grandparents. Sara

By: Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:07:15 +0000

I’m a 71 year old grandmother of 5 – ages 6 – 19. I love them dearly, but wonder if they will remember me the way I remember my grandparents. One set had 26 grands and the other 7. Between them, they had 14 children of their own. They were dirt farmers. We kids never doubted their love for us. They were always happy to see us. They did not play with us. They taught us fun games we used to entertain ourselves; they scolded us and we learned appropriate behavior; I was subjected to a grandfathers wrath when caught playing with matches and I learned respect for another’s property. We gardened and picked cotton alongside them and learned the importance of helping others and participating in family responsibilities. I would pick wildflowers for one grandmother and I learned the importance of the smallest gift as I watched her lovingly place them in a vase. I learned to sing from a hymnbook and repeat the Apostles Creed by sitting with one grandmother at church and following her lead. One grandmother would cook our favorite foods – the other taught us to eat what was put in front of us not complain. And – one grandfather taught us how to roll cigarettes!! I could go on and on. I think of them almost every day. No conversation among cousins fails to mention Grandma and Papa. Yet – they did not PLAY with us!!!! Go figure.

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 13:38:44 +0000

In reply to Becky Schafer. Thanks for sharing! I do feel very fortunate for the proximity of my family. Sara

By: Becky Schafer

Becky Schafer — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:25:07 +0000

In reply to Meechie Rankin ( Nanny). These are wonderful ideas! I have a 7 year old granddaughter and 11 month old grandson. They live 10 hours away, and will always be in a different town or country as my son is in the Army. When we visit I always do crafts and cookies with my granddaughter, and also afternoon tea as she loves to dress up for that! But our visits are just 2-3 times a year for a few days. I so envy those of you that live in the same town, as that offers so many other opportunities to interact.

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:51:49 +0000

In reply to Cindy. Yes!

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 13:20:28 +0000

Your time is precious and that’s what they want the most.

By: Trish Elker (soon to be Mimi)

Trish Elker (soon to be Mimi) — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 01:30:30 +0000

I absolutely loved this article. I kept seeing my mother in it over and over. She passed away in 2007, when our children were in college and high school. My mother always made the children her center of her attention when they were around. She sat on the floor and played with each of them (before she died she was a grandmother of around 13 and great-grandmother of 2) as if they were the most important thing she did right them. Her anniversary in the day one of my oldest nieces had gotten married and they cried and cried at the wedding (mind you, many were feeling no pain from drinking at that time). To this day, all of my children, nieces and nephews talk about her as if it was only yesterday when she passed. I am going to be a first-time Mimi in December and I cannot wait. I had an interim babysitting job with my sister’s son (I am 16 years older than her so her children are much younger than mine) and I learned a lot during that time. But I know it will be different with my granddaughter. I worry about not being able to have the time with her because she is my son’s wife but I believe my husband and I will be babysitting a few days a week after a few months and I’m hopeful that we all develop a better relationship at that time. I am an older first-time grandmother at 66, and I hope to be around to see my granddaughter and any other children that may come along when they are in their teens and can remember me. But thank you for the trip down memory lane. I will do many of the things you have suggested.

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 14:00:31 +0000

In reply to Meechie Rankin ( Nanny). Thank you for sharing your story with us. I love hearing how families stay close and build connection. I am so sorry for your loss Sara