Happy Grandparents Day 2009 to all of our readers who are grandparents.

And for you readers who are privileged to have your grandparents still here, welcome to our blog. We hope you will find inspiration and ideas to show your grandparents just how much you cherish them; how much they mean to you. We encourage you to help your grandparents learn about technology and the Internet so they will feel comfortable and excited to use these tools to communicate and connect with their family. See our other posts, including “How to help grandparents get online“.

About National Grandparents Day…

Grandparents Day is a United States secular holiday, celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day. Marian H. McQuade is recognized as the founder Grandparents Day, and the first national Grandparent’s Day was celebrated in 1978. See Wikipedia and Grandparents-Day.com.

A fun cartoon a friend drew for me…

Thanks Marvin!

Some favorite grandparent quotes…

It is as grandmothers that our mothers come into the fullness of their grace. ~Christopher Morley

Grandchildren are God’s way of compensating us for growing old. ~Mary H. Waldrip

Grandchildren: the only people who can get more out of you than the IRS. ~Gene Perret

Some of our favorite books for Grandparents

Free certificates to print for your special Grandma or Grandpa

We hope you’ve enjoyed this Grandparents Day tribute to grandparents. As always, we welcome your comments. How do you plan to celebrate Grandparents Day?

- Grandpa Shayne

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As a tribute to Grandparents Day, a good friend researched the 50 best quotes about grandparenting. She wrote a wonderful article that you’ve got to read! It is a very thorough and well researched piece of work — great quotes, delightful photos, useful links to grandparenting sites and blogs.

The author is a gifted writer whose pen name is Write-On! But I think her favorite name is Nana. She and her husband have 7 grandchildren, with one on the way. I think they are trying to catch up with Grammy Tanda and me, but we’re still “ahead by a nose”!

Two of my favorite grandparent quotes from her article…

Surely, two of the most satisfying experiences in life must be those of being a grandchild or a grandparent. ~Donald A. Norber

What is it about grandparents that is so lovely? I’d like to say that grandparents are God’s gifts to children. And if they can but see, hear and feel what these people have to give, they can mature at a fast rate. ~Bill Cosby

Two other wonderful quotes about being a grandparent…

What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies. ~Rudolph Giuliani
(This describes Grammy Tanda perfectly.)

One of the most powerful handclasps is that of a new grandbaby around the finger of a grandfather. ~Joy Hargrove

And my favorite quote is from the Bible…

Grandchildren are the crowning glory of grandparents. ~Proverbs 17:6

About National Grandparents Day…

According to Wikipedia and Grandparents-Day.com, Grandparents Day is a United States secular holiday, celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day. Marian H. McQuade is recognized as the founder Grandparents Day, and the first national Grandparent’s Day was celebrated in 1978.

So we hope you’ve enjoyed this Grandparents Day tribute to grandparents. Thank you for stopping by. Now off you go to read the delightful article, The 50 Best Grandparent Quotes About Grandparenting.

Do you have a favorite quote about grandparents that you’d like to share (either there or here)? Be sure to credit the original author.

Enjoy! Shayne

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