Grandma was helping our grandson feed his lone goldfish. Grandson asked her to look at his fish’s eye. It was swollen and white. Grandma asked how old the fish was and he replied that the fish was about four or five. Grandma, in a hushed voice, said “He is very old”. He looked at her [...]
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In a recent chat with my nine-year old grandson, the subject of his great grandma (my mother) came up. I mentioned that she loved telling me funny (sometimes rude) poems and stories when I was his age. He asked me to tell him one, and after clearing the subject matter with his dad, I told [...]
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I have been introduced to a new on-line magazine aimed at “today’s Grandparents” and I think that followers of The Grandparents Blog should be interested in the free subscription offer from GRAND magazine. Here is the link: http://www.grandmagazine.com/grand2signup.html.
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Tumbleweed Express is planning a day out with Thomas the Tank in Tampa, Florida on April 10-11th and April 17-18th. Our friends and relatives in the Tampa Bay area should find this an interesting event for their children. Thomas the Tank is a classic favourite of British children and if any of our British friends [...]
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For our Family, Friends and other Grandparents in America and Canada. I recently received the below email message from Melanie, a visitor to our site from the USA. The musical production she is working on, “The Little House on the Prairie”, was my daughters’ favourite book series when they were growing up in the States. [...]
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