Did you know it was Grandparents’ Day today? Grandparents Day is young yet in the way of holidays and the truth is, grandparents know their grandchildren are all the gifts they need. Still, it’s fun to celebrate the love of grandparents.
Are you blessed with grandchildren or children you love enough to consider them grandkids? I knew a couple once who “adopted” a couple of kids at their church and became their grandparents. The kids didn’t have nearby grandparents and the couple had yet to have grandchildren of their own. It was a sweet relationship with good on both sides.
I am very blessed to have nine grandchildren. My first grandchild just turned twenty-five. My youngest is now ten. But I’ve enjoyed being with those kids and watching them grow and hope to be around to experience more of their life journeys.
“Surely, two of the most satisfying experiences in life must be those of being a grandchild or a grandparent.“ — Donald A. Norberg
I wasn’t as fortunate as my grandchildren who have all their grandparents and one set of grandchildren still has a great granddad. All of the older ones knew my mom and seeing them always made her smile.
“If you’re lucky enough to still have grandparents, visit them, cherish them and celebrate them while you can.” — Regina Brett
l knew my maternal grandmother but barely remember my mom’s father who died when I was five. I don’t remember my dad’s mother at all. She died before I was two. I did know my dad’s father but he was already in his eighties when I remember him and not able to play with a little kid like me. My dad’s sister was like a grandmother to us and was always ready to play games with my sisters and me.
“Grandchildren don’t need a lot of toys. The best thing a grandchild can have is a grandparent who gets down on the floor and plays with them.” — Unknown
I’m thankful I was a young enough grandmother that I could have fun getting down on the floor and playing with my grandkids when they were little. Now that they are older, I’m glad we can take walks together or play games.
“Grandparents make the world a little softer, a little kinder, and a little warmer.” — Unknown
In case you didn’t even know there was a Grandparents Day, here is a little history about it. A housewife in Fayette County, West Virginia, Marian McQuade promoted the idea of a Grandparents Day as a way to highlight the need to pay attention of lonely elderly people in nursing homes. She also hoped to persuade grandchildren to listen and learn from the years of wisdom of their grandparents. President Jimmy Carter proclaimed a National Grandparents Day in 1978 to be celebrated every year on the first Sunday after Labor Day.
“Grandparents, like heroes, are as necessary to a child’s growth as vitamins.” — Joyce Allston
On to the Caption Game
So with the focus on grandparents and grandkids, I found this new picture for you to come up with a caption to fit. You all are doing great with all the captions so far. I really enjoyed the ones you suggested for my grandgirls and the box turtle. I don’t think I can come up with a better one than those you all suggested, but I’ll give one a try. “Please peek out of your shell, turtle, so that we can see what color your eyes are and know whether to call you he or she.”
Now it’s your turn once again to leave your best idea of a caption for the picture of me and the grandgirls. If you leave a comment here, you’ll get an entry in a drawing for a prize of the winner’s choice of one of my autographed books and a grab bag book by a different author. You must be at least eighteen to enter and the deadline for entries is midnight EST on September 14, 2019. Each suggested caption on a new picture gets you another entry in the drawing.
As always, thanks for reading.
So what caption do you suggest for this grammy and girls?
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Rah…Rah…Rah….three cheers for Grammy.
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It does look like the girls are doing a cheer, Lucy. Maybe one their grammy has forgotten since I don’t have my arms out. LOL.
Grammmy love –sweet as honey and never ending commodity.
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That grammy love is sweet and enduring, Martha. Thanks for the sweet caption.
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More great captions. This picture makes me smile and now the captions you are suggesting are making my smiles bigger.
Lisa, my heart is definitely filled with love for these kids and my other grandchildren too, just as I know yours is for your grandbabies. I’ve seen how Emma loves you and you love her.
Suzanne, I didn’t think about cheerleaders when I posted the picture, but I can see why that is popping up in the caption. I love having them as “Grammy’s cheerleaders.”
Ola, I hope every grandchild thinks he or she has the best grandmother ever. It’s so sweet to get grandkid hugs.
Donna, I like that up, up and away idea. I do want to be part of the wind beneath their wings as they find their places in the world.
Marji, it does resemble a totem pole. One of the first pictures I took with my Brownie type camera was on my cousins and sister doing a totem pole pose. That’s still one of my favorite pictures.
Connie, you have me singing that joy, joy down in my heart song. It’s fun that my picture brought joy to mind for you. It is pretty joyful having the grandkids come to visit.
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You all are coming up with some great captions for the picture of the grandkids and me.
Melanie & Paula, you are certainly right about my arms being full of love. A grandmama does love those grandbabies.
Linda Diane & Emily, you are thinking along the same lines as Melanie and Paula. I love your captions too.
Connie, yours has me smiling. I do know about that Hokey Pokey song. Maybe I can get the kids to sing it with me next time they’re here.
Diana, a cheering section of grandkids would be good, but at most any after school event you’re sure to find some grandparents cheering the kids along. Fun times.
Uhhhh…Sis…I don’t think the Dallas Cheerleaders started this way!L
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I’m pretty sure that’s an accurate captions, Loretta. These girls have never worried about being cheerleaders while a couple in my other son’s family are cheerleaders in middle school and high school. One of the girls was here this weekend and she showed me a video of her tumbling down the length of the football field. She didn’t get that from this grandmother. 🙂 But I can cheer her on and I can cheer on these girls too. I’m blessed to have six girl grandchildren and three boys. And they all have such individual interests. That’s fun.
Grandma, You put the Y in Happy!
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Love this one, Sandi. I need to remember that and use it sometime in a story. I need to let one of my characters put the Y in Happy.
Is this the way you play twister or are we playing Jenga?
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LOL, Betty. I’ll have to let them play Twister on their own. I’d get in a twist and never figure out how to unwind. Some of my grandkids do like playing Jenga.
‘We would have gladly danced our way into Grandma’s heart if there had been any need. The joy was knowing we were already there. Grandma’s acceptance and love surrounded us like a well worn cloak that encompassed each and every one of us.’
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Those grandbabies dance right into your heart as soon as you know they are on the way, Donna, and then the first time you hold them, your heart kind of melts and nothing is ever quite the same because as you say the joy was already there. I love that thought of a grandmother’s love been a well worn cloak around the grandchild. Sweet.
The little chorus “I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart today” came to my mind when I looked at this sweet picture. 🤗
What a cute totem pole!
Up, Up, and away with grandma behind me all the way.
We have the BEST grandma!
“We’re Grammy’s best cheerleaders!”
“If you think my arms are full, you should see my heart!”
The cheering section: YAAAY, GRANDTEAM! LETS GO!
” We love our grandma and our grandma loves us.” Happy Grandparents’ Day,Ann! 😊 Prov. 16:31
“Grammy, have you ever heard of the Hopey Pokey? You put your left foot in, you take your left foot out…..”
Fun picture and beautiful little girls!
Grandma’s got her arms full of love!
The love between a grandmother and her grandchildren!
Grammy’s arms are full of love! Happy Grandparents Day, Ann!