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2008/08/30
National Grandparents Day is celebrated every year on the Sunday following Labor Day. Grandparents Day is meant to be a family day bringing the generations together enabling the younger ones to appreciate their grandparents and their accomplishments. Some families enjoy small, private gatherings while others hold family reunions and celebrate their heritage.
 
During the preparations for Grandparents Day and during the day itself, be sure to record all with your digital camera capturing everyone interacting. Remember, we all are grandchildren so this is a great day for everyone to get involved!
Then when it’s all over, create a Grandparents Day Memory Photo Book using the free software at Picaboo.
For Grandparents Day, include children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren in planning activities such as storytelling, board games, scavenger hunts, and crafts. Grandparents Day also presents a great opportunity to share old family recipes, stories, songs, dances and other talents, teaching the young to carry them on to future generations. Be sure to record each activity with high quality digital photos for your Picaboo Memory Book.
Picabooprovides you with the free online software to create your family’s personalized Grandparents Day photo memory book using digital photos taken during your Grandparents Day celebration. You decide on the amount of pictures, page layouts, color scheme, backgrounds, etc. When you’re happy with the results, order your new Grandparents Day digital photo album and Picaboo does the rest. Picaboo will mail your digital photo memory books to you.
Grandparents and other family members will certainly enjoy their Picaboo Grandparents Day Photo Memory Album keepsake for a long time into the future.
2008/08/21
Grandparents, does your granddaughter love to play Mommy and is she attending school for the first time this year? Why not celebrate the occasion for your grandchild by giving your granddaughter a one of a kind, wonderful gift that can last a lifetime. Give your grandchild an adorable just-like-me baby doll from My Twinn for just $29.
Click on the banner to find links to view the baby dolls, beautiful clothing, and more baby doll fun accessories – some of which are shown below. Just like the real thing, these baby dolls are just too cute to resist!
 
My Twinn baby dolls are also great for any special occasion, holiday, or birthday. Give an adorable baby doll a home and enjoy the excitement watching your granddaughter care for her new baby doll.
My Twinn Doll: Playmate Today, Keepsake Tomorrow
Read my posts on Grandchildren’s Great Christmas Present Ideas, Part 1 and Part 1a below.
2008/08/16
I received an email this week from Dana who asked me to write a poem for a grandmother whose grandson had been killed in a car accident. She wants to include a poem that would reflect the grandmother’s and grandson’s close relationship in a framed collage of pictures for the grandmother to keep.
My response was that I didn’t feel that I could write such a special grandmother poem because I didn’t know the grandmother or grandson personally. A poem such as that should be written by someone who knew them and observed their special grandmother – grandson relationship.
I felt sad that I couldn’t fulfill her request so I searched for a grandmother poem that might come close and found the following poem. Words can be changed in any poem to create a more personalized poem for a loved one such as a grandmother, grandfather, or grandchild.
With a few changes, this poem could be turned around to be from a grandchild to a deceased grandmother.
Grandmother
I really felt quite special
That God had chosen you…
To be a person in my life
Who knew me through and through.
The time that we spent talking
I always felt you heard…
You were so good at listening
To each and every word.
Even things I didn’t share
You somehow heard them, too…
It was a special gift of care
That God had given you.
So I just want to thank you
For being there for me…
Showing me love that was so true
By loving me totally.
~ Author Unknown ~
(edited by NanasCorner, 2008)
2008/08/15
Are you searching for a poem to read at your grandparent’s funeral? There are many funeral or bereavement poems to find on websites such as this one, but the best funeral poem would be one you write for your grandparent from your heart.
Recently, our children’s grandmother, Mom Mom, passed on to heaven and one of our daughters, Kari, wanted to express her feelings by reading a poem at the funeral. She searched but didn’t find one that was meaningful, so she wrote her own. Knowing her sister and brother felt the same, she wrote the funeral poem to their Mom Mom from the three of them.
It is a lovely, personal poem…it is from the heart. Kari has given me permission to post the funeral poem to their grandmother here for you to read. Perhaps this funeral poem to her grandmother will give you inspiration to write your own.
MOM-MOM
Mom-Mom, you gave us something special no other could,
The unconditional love from a Grandmother’s heart.
You watched us grow from babies to adults,
Always protecting us, advising us, and loving us.
You gave us so many memories…
From your coffee and coleslaw to your curlers, brush, and comb,
You giving scooter pies and making us grilled cheese.
Mom-Mom you were always there to talk to,
Always there to count on,
Always there for us to play with,
Even after Kaitlin and Emily were born.
On the morning of August 5th, when we all got that phone call
Telling us you passed,
We lost more than just Mom-Mom,
A part of our hearts now gone.
We all will miss you forever Mom-Mom,
This emptiness never to be filled.
Even though we can’t believe you’re gone,
We all know you are watching from above.
We wish you were here with us now,
Though we understand you had to move on.
We may have lost our Mom-Mom on earth,
But we gained a guardian angel in Heaven.
We know you love us Mom-Mom,
And forever we will love you.
May God bless you Mom-Mom,
Because the Angel he took is You.
(Thank you, Kari)
2008/08/13
As the host of his daughter’s wedding reception, the father of the bride may open the wedding reception after the introductions by
- welcoming the groom’s family into his
- welcoming the guests
- commenting on how lovely the bride looks
- commenting how nice the ceremony was
The father of the bride’s words to his daughter shouldn’t come across as a speech. It should be from the heart, giving
- short anecdotes involving the bride and her father
- some humorous and serious marriage advice tips
Next, the bride’s father should transition into introducing the DJ or band, photographer, and giving any other comments on the reception.
The father of the bride’s 10 minutes in front of his guests should end with a toast to the bride and groom giving wishes for a lifetime of love and happiness.
If the father of the bride is not comfortable giving a speech in front of 100 plus friends and family at the wedding reception, suggest that he write or find a poem that expresses his heartfelt feelings. If he isn’t into searching for poems, ask the bestman or another person who knows both the father and bride well to help find several poems from which the bride’s father can choose.
The following poem is an example of a father of the bride to the bride poem which can be read by the father at the wedding reception. The wedding poem ends with a toast to the bride and groom.
My Loving daughter,
A miracle happened when you came into this world…
A new life was given to me by my baby girl.
As I held you in my protective arms…
You wooed me with your adoring charms.
Responsibility for your life gave me great pause…
It was at that moment I knew what true love was.
Over the years I watched you gracefully grow…
From baby dolls and on to each new beau,
All the while a father protecting you from fears…
And praising you with many adoring cheers.
But most of all, my daughter, we laughed and played…
and, sadly, I wish the years could have been delayed,
For today I had one last loving act to do…
Walking down the aisle beside the lovely you.
Giving my daughter away to her groom…
Surprisingly didn’t give me a sense of gloom,
For there is one thing I am sure of…
Your groom now knows real true love.
May the two of you enjoy that love together…
Just as I have with your mother.
~ Richard Johnson ~
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