A "Grand" Place

Encouragement & Ideas for Today's Grandparents

  • A "Grand" Place

    When You’re a Grandparent, Availability is Job One

    A week ago today, we were blessed with our 13th grandchild! That statement definitely needed an exclamation mark, because we want to shout our joy the world. Each and every one of our 13 blessings are worthy of a shout from the heart. We’re so thankful! Some days being a grandparent is very quiet, and on others it’s total mayhem. Of course, I wouldn’t exchange it for the world. While, in our family, newborns have lately come in bursts (4 one year, 3 another, 3 another) I know the days will come before I know it, when they will get older and have their own things going on (like their…

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    A “Grand” Place – a New Invitation for Grandparents

    Welcome to A “Grand” Place — my little corner of the world just for grandparents, especially that unique group of grandparents between the ages of 40 and 65. These might still be raising teens at home or taking care of their own aging parents. Many are still in the workforce, dreaming of retirement and trying to juggle it all. Might that be you? Do you sometimes think, No one prepared me for this! I’m of this younger grandparenting generation. My first grandchild came when I was thirty-eight years old, and my thirteenth is due to arrive mid-summer, with me at the half-ripe age of fifty-six. I am learning as I…

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