by Joan MetzgerThis morning I woke up in a cold sweat. My heart pounded, and I gasped for breath. Like Pac-Man, I was being chased, not by a ghost, but by a computer geek. “Your ‘grandmother board’ is obsolete,” he jeered. “It needs to be...
Enjoy these touching grandparenting stories. storiesOur four children, their spouses and our ten grandchildren are literally spread around the world. One son and family live and work in Muscat, Oman; another son and family teach in Quito Ecuador; one daughter...
Cavin Harper, CGN Executive DirectorIt is no secret that today, millions of grandchildren in this country are raised by their grandparents. In an ideal world, stable, loving parents raise their kids in their own homes while grandparents provide a supportive and more...
Cavin Harper, CGN Executive Director If the statistics are accurate, then more than six million grandchildren (as of 2000) in this country are being raised by their grandparents with or without the parents in the home. This represents more than six percent of all...
by Charme FletcherIt will be three years ago this coming December that we watched our first and only (to this point) granddaughter be born into the world. Oh, what joy and love filled that birthing room! My husband and I had the wonderful privilege of being beside our...
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring … (Isaiah 44:3)A grandparent’s blessing is a special event for a child. More than just empty words,...