| Last week we celebrated the first birthday of one of our grandkids. In the past year he’s grown from a helpless infant to a toddler who walks everywhere. (Yes, he started walking when he was 10 months old!) About a year or so ago Pops and I started a new tradition with the grands—writing each of them a birthday letter. I read this idea somewhere—I think in the Littauers’ book Making the Blueplate Special. I thought it was a great, very doable idea. It’s been fun for Pops and me to share in our letters memories of the actual “birth day.” We’ve also included memories during the year and a Bible verse that reminds us of the particular child or a Bible verse that we’ll be praying for that child. Although some may want to handwrite birthday letters, I type ours on the computer. We include special pictures in the body of the letter, and print the letter in color. Pops and I not only give each grandchild his/her birthday letter, but also keep a copy into a notebook that we’ll give the grandchild when he/she is 18 or 21. (How I wish I could open up a notebook and read 18 or 21 letters from my grandparents.) Please e-mail me at mary@marymaywrites.com and share how you make birthdays special for your grandchildren. |
Mary is the author of Help for Busy Moms: Purposeful Living to Simplify Life and the
co-author of The Resurrection Eggs® Activity Book. She and her husband, Jim, live in
Little Rock, Arkansas, and have two married sons and five grandchildren. You can
contact her at mary@marymaywrites.com.
co-author of The Resurrection Eggs® Activity Book. She and her husband, Jim, live in
Little Rock, Arkansas, and have two married sons and five grandchildren. You can
contact her at mary@marymaywrites.com.
Ideas for Grandmothers |
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