Helping Our Grandchildren Cultivate A Grateful Heart
Courageous Grandparenting Blog “What do you say?” As grandparents, we may find ourselves often prompting our young grandchildren to say those two little words: “Thank you.” Perhaps you’ve taken them out to lunch and encouraged them to express appreciation to the server. Maybe you’re keeping them...
The “Other” Grandparents: In-laws or Outlaws?
Courageous Grandparenting Blog When you dreamed of becoming a grandparent, I doubt that sharing your grandchild with another set of grandparents was on your radar. We’re not even sure exactly what terms to use to describe that “other” set of grandparents. Are they in-laws or outlaws? Are they...
Life After “No”
Courageous Grandparenting Blog “Give me an undivided heart that I may fear Your name.” Psalm 86b In a day when a lot of people are telling us that we can have anything we ask for—if we envision it in our minds, it is ours—what happens when God says, “No”? Many Christians find the idea of God...
Reflections from a Military Grandmother
Courageous Grandparenting Blog My grandson and I stood on the sidewalk, watching and waving as the horse-drawn carriage pulled away from the curb and into the line of traffic. Our hands were sticky from the ice cream cone we shared moments earlier. We continued waving while the carriage, filled...
