We all want to feel special. We all want to feel wanted. Many of us take for granted family. We can go days without calling our children or our parents or even longer for our siblings. Why? Because we don’t really think it matters because if we thought it mattered we would act differently.
I remember once after a visit to my mother’s thinking this same thought. I was a grown woman with children of my own and without a second thought my mother came in to check on me before going to bed herself. She came over, kissed me goodnight, and fixed my covers. She said, “Goodnight sweetheart, sleep well.” She turned out the light and left the room. I thought to myself how sweet that was and even as a grown woman it felt great to be loved like that.
Recently I’ve been thinking about Grandparents Day. How did it all get started? I found out Marian McQuade and her husband Joe were residents of Fayette County, West Virginia. They were the parents of 15 children, grandparents of 40 and great grandparents of 8. In 1973, after a 5-year campaign,
Mrs. McQuade pushed legislation that Congress passed proclaiming the first Sunday after Labor Day
as National Grandparents Day. September was chosen to honor Grandparents because it symbolized the "autumn years" of life. President Jimmy Carter signed the proclamation.
I’m enjoying this season of my life. I have two handsome foster grandsons and a beautiful spiritual granddaughter. Legacy matters. The greatest thing we can give those we love is the gift of ourselves, our time. Everyone else can get them all the other things but only we can give them us.
Action Step for today: Show someone you care today by giving the gift of yourself. Give the gift of time. Be there. You may be surprised how much you enjoy yourself…and it wasn’t even about you. God designed this thing called “Life” and when we live it His way—it just works better.
Psalm 127:3 (NLT) “3 Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.”
I remember once after a visit to my mother’s thinking this same thought. I was a grown woman with children of my own and without a second thought my mother came in to check on me before going to bed herself. She came over, kissed me goodnight, and fixed my covers. She said, “Goodnight sweetheart, sleep well.” She turned out the light and left the room. I thought to myself how sweet that was and even as a grown woman it felt great to be loved like that.
Recently I’ve been thinking about Grandparents Day. How did it all get started? I found out Marian McQuade and her husband Joe were residents of Fayette County, West Virginia. They were the parents of 15 children, grandparents of 40 and great grandparents of 8. In 1973, after a 5-year campaign,
Mrs. McQuade pushed legislation that Congress passed proclaiming the first Sunday after Labor Day
as National Grandparents Day. September was chosen to honor Grandparents because it symbolized the "autumn years" of life. President Jimmy Carter signed the proclamation.
I’m enjoying this season of my life. I have two handsome foster grandsons and a beautiful spiritual granddaughter. Legacy matters. The greatest thing we can give those we love is the gift of ourselves, our time. Everyone else can get them all the other things but only we can give them us.
Action Step for today: Show someone you care today by giving the gift of yourself. Give the gift of time. Be there. You may be surprised how much you enjoy yourself…and it wasn’t even about you. God designed this thing called “Life” and when we live it His way—it just works better.
Psalm 127:3 (NLT) “3 Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.”
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