A few years back I wrote a story for the Colfax Record about grandparenting and interviewed people who had just become grandparents for the first time. When I asked a friend, Dena Saunders, what kind of a legacy she wanted to leave for the next generation it didn’t take long to respond. “I want to…
Pardon me if you have already heard this one already. “How many teens does it take to change a light bulb?” ANSWER – ONE They stand on a step stool, hold onto the bulb, and wait for the whole world to rotate around them. If you are, or have been, the parent of a teen,…
In 1979, Mrs. Marian McQuade’s appeal to have a special day to recognize the value that grandparents have with the next generation was signed as an official proclamation by President Jimmy Carter. It wasn’t meant to be an overly commercialized day that flooded the market with an abundance of cards or token gifts, but rather…