Comments on: Do You Remember your Grandma?

By: mamala

mamala — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:40:30 +0000

Joyce, I am sorry that I am so late at responding–we’ve been sick here at the house, and my hubby had surgery, so my internet time is not plentiful.
Sounds to me like you were royally blessed with such God loving G’mas. Their prayers were answered when you followed the path that they laid out for you. I know that they are oh-so-proud. We had four kids, too–I only gave birth to three of them–but I can still empathize. Just remember: This is the time to take full advantage of any and all offers of assistance. I was a little knucklehead who had to continually prove how superior I was, and never accepted any help.
What a dope.
God bless you and your younguns, and hubby.
Happy Easter.

By: Joyful Joyful

Joyful Joyful — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:04:10 +0000

Now that Im preggers, I think of my grammas often. “What would Grandma Joyce say or Grandma Pill say if they found out I was going to have my 4th kid??!”
I was blessed with 3 grandmas growing up and even more blessed as they all loved Jesus. They each taught me of God’s unconditional love in their own way among other things. Grandma Pill (Lorraine) taught me to cook and sew a little. Grandma Joyce taught me to keep my chin up. Grandma Jean taught me kindness.
I pray when I am a grandma, I teach my kids of God’s unconditional love and a few other things.

By: Muthering Heights

Muthering Heights — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:20:48 +0000

This is such a sweet post! I’m VERY close to my grandma…she really mans the world to me!

By: Janette Wright

Janette Wright — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:00:42 +0000

I love this, especially since I am so looking forward to grandkids at my age of 49! I had great-grandmothers as well as grandmothers, like my children have had….each living into their 90’s! I watch my children and grandparents can do no wrong…what a wonderful position to be in. God was so precious when he allows anyone to have the joy of being a grandparents….and my Aunt says that being a great-grand outweighs all titles!!! So I have more years of parenting, since I have a four year old, and a lot of years left to grandparent. I can’t wait!!!

By: mamala

mamala — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:02:03 +0000

Thank you for the kind words Hannah.
You are right, the climate of grand-parenting has morphed into a whole new animal. (mixing metaphors . . .oops)
I predict a pendulum swing back to the old ways, the students I work with absolutely crave normalcy. I can’t wait to see how this new generation reshapes yet another element I always took for granted.

By: mamala

mamala — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:57:52 +0000

I love it–90 and still checkin’ out rear ends.
My Grandma Brown was in her 90’s when I mentioned to her that my friend Roger (30 something at the time) said to tell her Merry Christmas, I added, “And he really likes you Grandma, he thinks your cute.” To which she snapped: “Well you tell him I’m too old for him!”

By: Hannah

Hannah — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:10:24 +0000

Great post! I had two grandmothers and a stepgrandmother growing up, and all were so different from one another, but I gained valuable wisdom from each. Now my children have two very different grandmas, none quite fitting the stereotype you mentioned, but in today’s generation of kids, I don’t think they necessarily have the same expectations. Grandparenting has changed a good deal in its outward manifestations, but like you pointed out, the heart of the relationship is what matters — and that’s what kids respond to. Yours are blessed indeed.

By: Elissa

Elissa — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:52:07 +0000

Oh, I had four Grandmas growing up. Almost everyone you’ve mentioned. OK, not the police car but she did break her arm at the age of 90 checking out the rear side of some bicyclist. I was a lucky girl. I have one left & thank God for her everyday.
My kids are also lucky to have three & your right they love them for them (even if Caleb is apt to mention if they are having a bad hair day).