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Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States on the fourth Thursday of November each year. This year's celebration will take place on November 28th. I have always loved  Thanksgiving since I was a small child. Preparations began on Thanksgiving Eve when my younger sister and I would help our mom make her special stuffing for the turkey. My job was to toast the four loaves of bread needed to make the dressing. The toasted bread would then be torn into small cubes and simmered in he …

In the old days when you were expecting a baby you just stopped by your parents home if they lived nearby and verbally told them they were about to become grandparents. Then you made phone calls to your siblings via your rotary dial phone. Cell phones weren't even an option back then! Yes, I'm that old as the kiddos would say, but not old enough to have owned a stage coach!  Nowadays there are so many fun and unique ways to share your good news. Some couples gift the Grandparents to be …

Did you know that Grandparents Day will be celebrated in the U.S. on Sunday, September 10th, 2017? In 1978 President Jimmy Carter proclaimed a national holiday in honor of grandparents. The idea was conceived in 1970 by a West Virginia housewife, Marian McQuade. Through her efforts statewide, the United States Congress passed legislation to proclaim the first Sunday after Labor Day as National Grandparents Day. September was chosen as the month to celebrate our beloved Grandparents because …

While I truly believe the best job in the world is being a mom, I must confess being a Grandparent must truly be awesome! I can't really imagine how anything could be better than being called Mommy, but I think being called "Grandma" or "Nana" or "Mimi" would be pretty special too! All the joy (and sometimes tears) watching the little ones grow up.. the excitement of each milestone from birth, kindergarten, grade and high school graduations, college, weddings, and new babies and then one day …