Written by Dr. Joannie DeBrito, Family Support Specialist Are you starting to thaw from the winter cold? Do you see more sunshine these days? Can you hear the birds singing in the morning and smell the flowers that are beginning to sprout in your garden? It’s Springtime, grandparents, and it’s time to embrace all of […]
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Written by Cynthia Moss, Legacy Coalition Ambassador and GrandLife Director for Shades Mountain Baptist Church The ministry of intentional Christian Grandparenting within the church at its root is a ‘children’s ministry.’ A ministry that can serve every stage of life from birth through adulthood! As grandparents, we come alongside our adult children with our prayers
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Written by Carol Beaver, Church Advocate, Legacy Coalition Now that Easter is behind us, the stores are ramping up to take advantage of the following commercial holiday. Sunday, May 8th, is officially Mother’s Day here in the US. Hallmark and Day Spring have cards for every kind of mother, grandmother, aunt, or good friend to
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Written by Vicki Rueckert, Co-director of the Timberline Church Grandparent Ministry GrandCamps — unlike any other “camp” you may have known — are a unique adventure specifically designed for grandparents and grandchildren to get away from the daily distractions of life. Whether hiking, fishing, horseback riding, exploring, or just sitting around a campfire, it is
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Written by Lydia E. Harris, Author and Grandmother Easter — what a glorious season to celebrate the triumph of Jesus’s resurrection! As we plan time with our family, let’s seize the opportunity to intentionally share our faith with our grandkids. Create delicious memories and share the true meaning of Easter by making one or more
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Written by Dr. Joannie DeBrito, Family Support Specialist Have you ever noticed that when you clean out your closets, you feel better? Sure, you feel better because you finally made the decision to get rid of that old raincoat you’ve been hanging on to for 20 years (but never worn during that time!), but you
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Written by Carol Beaver, Church Advocate, Legacy Coalition A great debate rages in our Congress and across our land as I write this. It’s all based on whether we should or should not have standard time, daylight saving time, or both. The determined supporters of any one of these views strongly believe that they are
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Written by Dr. Joannie DeBrito, Family Support Specialist In Part 1 of this topic, we walked through facts about the news and principles about grandparenting and child development that you need to keep in mind when talking to kids about troubling news. Now, here are some specific tips for helping them process their reactions when
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Written by Dr. Joannie DeBrito, Family Support Specialist Over the past few years, there has been more bad news than normal: the pandemic, loss of many lives, riots, civil unrest, fires, floods, devastating tornadoes, the withdrawal from Afghanistan, and now Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Listening to the news can be disturbing to all of us,
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Written by Sylvia Schroeder, blogger of When the House is Quiet Balance. It’s a thing for older people. I find myself stretching out a hand to steady myself more times per day than I’d like to admit. My husband ordered those rubber grippers for the bottom of our tub, the kind old people use. They
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