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Chicken Soup for the Grandma's Soul

CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE GRANDMA'S SOUL

CHICKEN SOUP
FOR THE
GRANDMA'S SOUL

Stories to Honor and Celebrate
the Ageless Love of
Grandmothers

Jack Canfield
Mark Victor Hansen
LeAnn Thieman

Backlist, LLC, a unit of

Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC

Cos Cob, CT

www.chickensoup.com

Contents

Introduction

1. THE BIRTH OF A GRANDMA

Babies, Boredom and Bliss
Janet Hall Wigler

By Any Other Name
Carol McAdoo Rehme

A Grandmother Is Born
Sally Friedman

The Longest Week
Teresa Pitman

She Looks Just Like . . .
Margaret Lang

Someone's Grandmother
Valerie A. Horner

A Grandmother Again
Harriet May Savitz

What Will I Call You?
Ruth Hancock

Love at First Sight
Laura Lawson

Loving Lauren
Rachel R. Patrick

And Then There Was Hailey
Patricia Lorenz

2. GENERATIONS OF LOVE

Oohoo
Debra D. Peppers

One Lonely Little Boy
Roger Kiser

The Lincoln Zephyr at Midnight
Kathryn Kimzey Judkins

The Fabric of Love
Deborah Shouse

A Legacy of Love
Libby C. Carpenter

My Official Storybook Grandma
Michelle Rocker

Deposition Stew
Bobbi Carducci

Thanks
Stephen D. Rogers

Aunt Tooty
Elayne Clift

If It's Tuesday
Alice Malloy

A Day at Grandmom's House
Harriet May Savitz

This Ain't No Bull
Joanie Gilmore

Everything but the Kitchen Sink
Nadia Ali

Trying Times and Dirty Dishes
Cynthia M. Hamond

A Thank-You Note to Grandma
Gina Antonios

3. BLESSINGS

A Holy Moment
Sheila S. Hudson

Grandma's Prayers
Sharon Ozee Siweck

Angel in the Clouds
Jean Kinsey

Parting Gifts
Marcia Swearingen

A Teenager's Song for Gramma
Angela Thieman-Dino

Love and Water
Emily Sue Harvey

The Perspective of a Pansy
Laura L. Smith

Red and White Carnations
Barbara Hibschman

The Feeling
Ellie Braun-Haley

Picked Just for You
Bonnie Hanson

Shiny Red Shoes
Bettye Martin-McRae

Monday Night Tea
Delores Christian Liesner

4. ADVENTURES WITH GRANDMA

Outing with Gram
Delores Christian Liesner

Grandma Days
Maria Harden

Afternoon Delight
Diane M. Vanover

Two Dedicated Grandmas
Janet Lynn Mitchell

Go-Cart Grandma
Patricia Lorenz

Surf's Up, Grama
Pam Trask

Grandma and the Snow Bank
Ann Kirk Shorey

Grandma's River
Melodie Lynn Tilander

Journey Home
Renee Hixson

Travels with Grandma
Phyllis W. Zeno

Going Places
Carolyn Mott Ford

Will He Remember?
Maria Harden

5. THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD

Love Never to Be Blinded
Nancy V. Bennett

Pennies from Heaven
Emily Erickson

Dusting in Heaven
Denise Peebles

Healing
Jennifer Oliver

I Will Remember
Shelley Ann Wake

Love's Labors Found
Sally Friedman

God's Hands
Shirley Pope Waite

God's Good Time
Cynthia M. Hamond

Jenny's Antique
Harriet May Savitz

Sandwich Generation
Tricia Short

Secret Weapon
Jennifer Oliver

The Wooden Spoon
Beverly Houseman

Out of the Mouths of Babes
Jane Elsdon

6. GRANDMA'S LESSONS

Granny's Journey
Ruth Hancock

Confidence
Jody Walters

The Pine Tree
Kimberly Ripley

Grandma's Cake
Norma Favor

Frozen Water . . . Melted Hearts
Cheri Lynn Cowell

Nana
Susan Farr-Fahncke

Grandmother's Quiet Addiction
Nancy V. Bennett

Like the Turtle
Erin Hoffman

Nan
Rachel Wallace-Oberle

Gram's Garden
Paula Mauqiri Tindall

Digging in the Dirt
Linda Apple

The True Lesson of Homework
Sally Friedman

I Can Make It Grow
Betty King

Motherhood 202
Nancy Gibbs

7. GIFTS FROM GRANDMA

Unexpected Gift
J. Kenneth Kreider

Grandma's Attic Treasures
Anne Johnson

A Quilted Life
Julie Dunbar

Sister Said
Jean Jeffrey Gietzen

Gifts of the Heart
Renie Burghardt

Marking Time
Shirley Jump

Green Ink
Laura Smith

Timeless Generosity
Patti Lawson

Grandma's Surprise Party
Stephanie “Stacy” Thompson

A Grandmother's Gifts
Sally Friedman

Star of the Week
Bonnie S. Grau

My Present
Barbara G. Drotar

Grandma Wanda
John McCaslin

Rocks and Restoration
Kathleen Craft Boehmig

8. LEGACIES AND HEIRLOOMS

Grandma's Words
Laura Mueller

Grandmother's Language of Love
Trudy Reeder

Gutsy Grandma
Karen J. Olson

Treasured Gift
Cookie Curci

More Than an Heirloom
Susan Chesser Branch

A Leap of Faith
Hannah Amgott

The Locket
Tal Aviezer and Jason Cocovinis

Grandma's Necklace
Carol Spahr

A Sister's Visit
Paula Mauqiri Tindall

The Wrecking Crew
K. K. Choate

Who Is Jack Canfield?

Who Is Mark Victor Hansen?

Who Is LeAnn Thieman?

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Introduction

When our children left the nest, we breathed a sigh of relief for a child-rearing job well done. Thankfully that reprieve was short-lived, for just when we thought we could never love another as deeply as our own, our child places their child into our arms . . . and the lay-down-my-life-for-you love starts all over again. Nothing in this world can prepare us for this moment, and nothing can compare as this child of our child steals our breath and our hearts. Then we watch as the baby's great-grandmother—our mother— embraces this miracle, bearing witness to this ageless mystery of maternal love. Happily we resume the work of caring for a child—but this time with less stress and even more fun! The dance of life goes on—the family circle grows.

Chicken Soup for the Soul
applauds how grandmas bless all our lives, and we are honored to bless theirs. These true stories bring hope and happiness to those who caress us, not only with their hands but with their hearts.
Chicken
Soup for the Grandma's Soul
celebrates the love and joy only a grandma can know. Whether she's rocking or rock-and-rolling, knitting or surfing, hugging or hiking, every grandma will find herself in these loving, laughing, even life-saving stories.

On behalf of all the lives they've touched and changed forever, we say thank you!

1
THE BIRTH
OF A

S
oon I will be an old, white-haired lady into
whose lap someone places a baby, saying,
“Smile, Grandma!” I, who myself so recently
was photographed on my grandmother's lap.

Liv Ullmann

Babies, Boredom and Bliss

W
hen a child is born, so is a grandmother.

Judith Levy

“We're not going in there, are we?” I asked, appalled, looking inside the baby store my friend was determined to enter. I'd come a long way to visit . . . hundreds of miles, and she wanted to shop in a baby store? Quite frankly, I found those kinds of stores boring, the way I found most babies boring. I'd never been accused of being enthusiastic over little creatures who couldn't walk, talk or do anything except scream, make a mess and demand all of one's attention.

Turning on the well-worn heel of her running shoe, my friend shot me a steely look. “We won't be long,” she promised, striding into the store.

Unhappily I trailed after her.
She's changed,
I thought grumpily as I stifled a yawn and tottered through the crammed aisles on my high heels.
Definitely changed,
I thought sourly as she spent the next two hours oohing and aahing over everything to do with infants until I thought I'd go insane.

What can I say in defense of my once-glamorous friend, who now smelled of spit-up and stumbled tiredly through the store misty-eyed with joy?

She'd become a grandmother.

That fact was responsible for her gleeful preoccupation with the world of little things, the reason she didn't have time to dye the gray in her hair, the reason she'd traded in her classic clothing for jogging gear, the reason she didn't seem able to talk about anything. Except babies. And most particularly, one little grandbaby.

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