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Grandparent Love
With Grandparents day approaching on September 7th it's starting to sink in that we are about to be Grandparents! Our grandson is arriving in November, and I'm happily knitting like crazy right now while enjoying the start of football season!
The impetus for a National Grandparents Day originated with Marian McQuade (now age 91,) a housewife in Fayette County, West Virginia. Her primary motivation was to champion the cause of lonely elderly in nursing homes. She also hoped to persuade grandchildren to tap the wisdom and heritage their grandparents could provide. President Jimmy Carter, in 1978, proclaimed that National Grandparents Day would be celebrated every year on the first Sunday after Labor Day.
Because Grandparenthood is quite a concept to get my mind around - like - "How can I be old enough to be a grandparent! or How did my children grow up so fast? " - I went online and Googled quotes for Grandparents and these are the one's that touched my heart.
A Grandparent's Love ...
 Grandparent Quotes: Expressions of Love
By Simran Khurana,
About.com
We owe a lot to our grandparents. They have the warmth of a parent; the wisdom of the sages; and the heart of a child. An unknown author quotes: "Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting." Don't waste any opportunity to shower adulation on your grandparents. In the autumn of their lives, they are waiting for
that single gesture of love from you.
Here are some wonderful grandparent quotes to remind us of these unsung heroes:
Sam Levenson
The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
Judith Levy
When a child is born, so are grandmothers.
Marceline Desbordes Valmore
Are we not like two volumes of one book?
Anonymous
A grandmother is a babysitter who watches the kids instead of the television.
Italian Proverb
If nothing is going well, call your grandmother.
Hannah Whithall Smith
If becoming a grandmother was only a matter of choice, I should advise every one of you straight away to become one. There is no fun for old people like it.
Allan Frome
Being grandparents sufficiently removes us from the responsibilities so that we can be friends.
Alex Haley
Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.
What a world of difference one Grandparent ... can make!
Here's a beautiful story from Make A Difference ...with the Power of Compassion:
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Make A Difference ...with Grandchildren
 When I told my Texan friend, Kate Nowak, a mother of three, grandmother of eight and great-grandmother of one, about writing this book, she immediately recalled a touching story about how her granddaughter had made a difference in her life. Kate is the creator of the online movie May You Be Blessed which can also be seen at our MakeADifference.com website.
"When my granddaughter, Heather, was a little girl, it was my delight to be able to watch over her during the day while her parents worked. Though usually a happy toddler, on one particular day, Heather awakened from her nap in a cranky mood, and from her perspective nothing seemed to be going right. Aggravated because she couldn't get a toy to work as she wanted, her temper finally erupted in all its tiny fury and in the midst of the resulting tantrum, she knocked over a small vase I kept on a nearby table, spilling water and scattering the few flowers it contained across the floor.
"'Don't act that way, Sweetheart,' I scolded as I cleaned up the mess made by the spill. 'You hurt Granny's feelings when you treat my things that way.'
"A few minutes later, having left Heather to play in her toy room while I unloaded the dishwasher, I was surprised when she came to me and tugged on my shirt for attention. 'I'm so sorry, Granny,' she said, her bottom lip quivering, her big brown eyes pooled with tears, one spilling over to run down her cheek. 'I wouldn't hurt you for anything.'
"I reached down and scooped her little body into my arms and held her tight as the last remnants of her fragile composure vanished and she broke into sobs, her little face wet with tears as she burrowed her head against my neck. Tears sprang into my own eyes and for several minutes we stood there in my kitchen, holding on to each other for dear life, my heart as touched by her pain as hers had been touched by her perception of mine.
"Until that day, I had always thought that as a responsible parent and grandparent, compassion and kindness were traits I needed to instill in the children placed within my care. Heather taught me, however, that children come with kindness and compassion built right in. Our job is not to instill it, but to nurture it and watch as it grows and blossoms."
In 100 years, it won't matter what house you lived in, what car you drove,
or even what your clothes looked like.
What will matter is that you made a difference in the life of a child.
- Dr. Forest E. Witcraft
Section 5: pg 82
https://www.makeadifferencemovie.com/FlashBook.html
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Reaching out...
Mary Robinson
Reynolds
Founder of Heart Productions
& Publishing
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