Everyone Needs
'Em
The Hancock-Henderson Quill, Inc.
Everyone Needs
'Em
by Dessa Rodeffer
Quill Editor/Publisher
6 September 2000
Sunday (Sept. 10th) is Grandparents Day and I am sure you agree, everyone needs at least one. Two, three, or four would be even better.
What is so special about grandparents? They pump you up when you feel like a flat tire.
From someone who has lost all of her grandparents, I know just about how useful a flat tire can be. We need confidence to be able to carry the ball, write the paper, speak in front of the crowd, or carry on down life's bumpy road.
My Grandmother "Jim", bless her heart, was the one who always was there for me, and boy do I miss her.
You never outgrow your need to be pampered and loved, and thought highly of. She couldn't have been happier when I walked in her door than if the President himself had come to visit her.
Boy, you take that for granted until she's gone.
No matter what my day was like, Grandma could make it better.
The warmth and smell of her kitchen always invited you in for a special treat she had prepared. But it really wasn't the food. It was the conversation that went with it. Food can leave a knot in your stomach if pleasant conversation isn't wrapped all around it.
To your grandparents and mine, even though some may be gone, let's remember them all in some special way this weekend. A visit, a phone call, a trip to the ice cream parlor or even a sandwich and fries is all it took to make you happy when you were small and it is all it will take to make them happy as well. It is my hope that every grandparent is remembered on this day.
by Elaine Slater Reese
We have all heard it - "When all else fails, ask Grandma and Grandpa!"
Grandchildren learn at an early age that grandparents always have time to listen, give lots of hugs, and usually have a couple of extra dollars in their pockets.
Grandchildren know that Grandpa and Grandma's rules are often softer than those of Mom and Dad.
Grandparents want lots of pictures of their grandchildren and never take down the old ones.
They make cookies, buy ice-cream, and like to attend their grandchildren's activities.
They eat pizza (even when it means they will get something called heart-burn).
Most grandparents should be classified as verbs - they are so active! MAKE, BUY, and DO fit most.
Gram and Gramps MAKE things for their progeny, BUY things for them, and DO things with them.
Grandpas (who take three pills a day for arthritis) can play football with ten and twelve year olds.
Grandmas (whose knees and feet hurt) can spend all day at the mall with a fourteen year old.
Grandpas create things in the workshop and grandmas create them in the kitchen.
Grandparents often take grandchildren on trips. And the list goes on...
But two things grandparents do aren't always as obvious as the previous ones.
Grandma and Grandpa do what they feel is appropriate to help pass on to their grandchildren the same values and ideals they tried to instill in their own sons and daughters.
And grandparents pray! They ALWAYS pray for their grandchildren!