Posts Tagged Grandparents
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Staying Connected to Grandchildren
By Pam Haumann Director of Programs Child Abuse Council Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. It is a time for telling friends and family what they mean to us and how much we care about them. We send our love, complete with hugs and kisses (XOXOXO) candy and bouquets. For grandpa...
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Tales by Triplett – GRAND-PARENTHOOD
By Patrick Triplett After having experienced being both a parent and grandparent I can say without hesitation there is no comparison. Parenthood is hard. It's about rules, discipline, teaching and sometimes having to play the role of bad guy even when it breaks your heart. Grandparenthood, on th...
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Preserving those Precious Memories
By Harry G. Coin Industrial/Systems Software Architect CEO, Quiet Fountain LLC 563-332-4970 • hcoin@quietfountain.com So, there I was: just under 50 years old, looking at about 100 boxes of photographs on slides taken from the 1950s through the 1980s, holding all the memories of our pare...
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Preserving those Precious Memories
By Harry G. Coin Industrial/Systems Software Architect CEO, Quiet Fountain LLC 563-332-4970 • hcoin@quietfountain.com So, there I was: just under 50 years old, looking at about 100 boxes of photographs on slides taken from the 1950s through the 1980s, holding all the memories of our pare...
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A Close Call
David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Boarding the bus for my very first day of kindergarten, I quickly realized that I had something no one else in my class could boast: a cast from my thumb past the elbow on my left arm. A few weeks before school began, our family had gath...
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What Fun We Have With Our Grandparents
By Kaylie & Jordyn Kohel Of course, like all grandkids, we love our grandparents very much. Not everybody gets the chance to visit his or her grand parents like we do. We are invited to come down to Iowa and spend time with them for long periods of time. Our grandparents sometimes take us to ...
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Are We Having Fun Yet? Summer Fun with the Grandchildren.
By: Kathryn Graver Community Education Coordinator Child Abuse Council Are you the caregiver of choice this summer? Did you volunteer to help out with your grandchildren this summer while your adult children work? At first it sounded like a great idea, but now as the dog days of summer appro...
