Love those grandparents!

This Sunday will be a little different for us this year. The first Sunday after Labor Day is officially "Grandparents Day." I've always celebrated it as a grandchild myself, but this year I get to participate as a parent who has a child to celebrate their own grandparents!

Admittedly, in the past, I usually resort to sending a card to my grandparents, but now I'm not so sure if that will do. Not specifically for my grandparents, but for my son's grandparents. After all, now we're talking about my and my husband's parents!

I'm not really sure what our new traditions surrounding Grandparent's Day will be considering this is kind of new territory for us. I mentioned going out to eat with my mom, but we haven't got anything solid planned. My husband's parents live in two different states, 4 and 21 hours away, so we'll have to stick with cards for them for the time being. And they had to be E-cards at that - as I'm ashamed to admit I let the holiday sneak up on me and I wasn't able to get cards out in the regular mail in time to be delivered... Next year I'll do better!

I guess we'll have to work on our family traditions as my son gets older. Right now there's not too much he can do personally to tell his grandparents how much he appreciates them, except maybe share a smile, giggle and a little drool with them. But how precious that is!

Thinking about this holiday really brings to my mind how special my grandparents are/were to me. Both of my grandfathers are gone now, but I still have both of my grandmothers. Both sets of my grandparents were very loving and active in my family's life. Growing up, we lived right up the hill from one grandmother, and we spent many summers at her house and would stay there after school until my parents got off work. She is the grandmother that did the running with us - she took us shopping, to yard sales, and to the pool during the summer. She is also the "crafty" grandmother and helped us make our Halloween costumes, and later as we got older, our homecoming and prom dresses. She also made my wedding dress.

My other grandmother is the picture of grandmotherly love. Any time you go to her house she tries to feed you, or at least send some food home with you. She always remembered all of our friends and asked about them months and years later. Her memory was so clear, and she knew how to ask questions that you couldn't shrug off with a non-committal answer. She could really cut to the heart of the matter! She also has a very strong faith and trust in God and always prays hard for her family.

My grandfathers were great as well. I'll never forget one of them would always tell me "You're number one. That doesn't mean you're the best, but you were first. And they can't ever take that from you!" (Meaning that I was the first-born grandchild on that side of the family.) It makes me sad that my husband never got to meet my dad's father, and sad that my son won't ever get to meet his great-grandfathers. I just hope he gets to remember his great-grandmothers - it would be such a shame if he didn't. They're all such a blessing!

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