Grandmothers

Grammy
- Was a natural grandparent even though she had only had role models for a very short time.
- Made your favorite thing for lunch on school days and then traded you your lunchbox sandwich for it.
- Watched you every recess that you played outside in the schoolyard.
- Let you play in the flour drawer.
- Let you help her bake and roll out biscuits.
- Stood next to you and just watched you sleep when you were a baby.
- Never complained about babysitting you.
- Sewed for you.
- Called me after lunch to tell me if you said something was wrong at school.
- Read to you for hours.
- Played games with you and taught you to play Rummy.
- Always asked if it was okay to pick you up before she did it when you were a baby.
- Loved going to your school concerts, sporting events, and church celebrations.
- Has prayed for you everyday since before you were born.
- Sincerely thinks you are the brightest, best looking, most considerate grandchildren anyone could ever have.
- Wants you to be happy, loving, sincere people.


Grandma
- Was excited to become a grandparent.
- Would whisk you out of my arms when we went to visit before we ever crossed the threshold of her house.
- Kept scrapbooks of you even before scrapbooking was a popular art.
- Woke you up to change your diaper just because she couldn’t wait any longer to hold you.
- Said it was an honor to babysit you.
- Made sure Santa left stocking gifts for you at her house.
- Sincerely thought you were amazing and was awed by you.
- Made the sewing nook in her bedroom a cozy spot for you to sleep as babies and toddlers.
- Sewed your baptismal blanket and embroidered your name and the date on it.
- Gave you a nickname.
- Made you a special teddybear.
- Gave you a Christmas ornament every year and brought you little gifts from her travels.
- Told everyone how wonderful she thought you were.
- Kept pictures of you in her purse to show to people.
- Prayed for you every day.
- Wanted you to be a happy.