grandmothers

A Day with Namma

Saturday was “Fun with the Grandchildren Day!” (I would have said “Grandkids,” but my mother always told me kids were goats.) Their parents and grandfather went to a Christian leadership conference in Indianapolis, two hours away, and I volunteered to keep them since childcare was not offered. We had a great time! I admit that … [Read more…]

A Great-grandmother Remembered

The book I’m now reading, Eye of My Heart, is a compilation of stories about grandmothering, given to me by my dear sister-in-law, newly blessed with granddaughter Lola. As the compiler says, these stories show the “glories and glitches,” the “pleasures and perils,” of grandmotherhood.  Which has made me think not only of my experience as … [Read more…]