Happy grandparents' day

By Manuela Lopes

@nela13 (55698)

Portugal

July 26, 2018 9:28am CST

Feeling that you are loved. Feel that you are listened to. Feel they are spoiled. Feeling that grandparents are figures with whom children can always count. These are the benefits to the youngest of one of the most striking relationships that any individual can experience at an early age, taking these cherished memories for life. I think I’m one lucky because I have a grandmother, she will be 90 in December, but I have good memories of all my grandparents, candies given when my parents weren’t, to play hide and seek with us, the tight hugs … my grandparents were the pillar of my childhood. Today although some are no longer with us, they will always be in our hearts. Happy grandparents day, my dear ones. Do you still have your grandparents? Do you have good memories of them?

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@bunnybon7 (50973)

• Holiday, Florida

26 Jul 18

no it would be amazing at 70 yrs i am if my grandparents were still here

but i will say when they were they were wonderful like that.

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

26 Jul 18

Grandparents are really wonderful

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

26 Jul 18

@bunnybon7 glad that you have good memories, I think grandparents are really important in our life.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306196)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

26 Jul 18

I didn't know it was grandparent's day. I'm lucky enough to be a grandparent. My grandparents are long gone, but yes, I do have fond memories of them.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306196)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

27 Jul 18

@nela13 I try to be, though I don't see my grandchildren very often any more. Only two live in the Green Bay area, the rest are scattered.

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

27 Jul 18

@just4him how many grandchildren do you have?

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

26 Jul 18

I am sure you are a great grandmother

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@1hopefulman (45123)

• Canada

26 Jul 18

My parents were both orphans when they married and so I never knew any of my grandparents and have no idea what they looked like as my parents don't have any pictures.

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@1hopefulman (45123)

• Canada

27 Jul 18

@nela13 Yes, I have 3 grandchildren.

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

26 Jul 18

Oh, I see. Are you a grandparent?

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

27 Jul 18

my parents say that being a grandparent is wonderful.

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@amadeo (111948)

• United States

26 Jul 18

No mine been gone way gone.Never met them either one of them.

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

26 Jul 18

That is sad @Alfredo that you don't have memories of them.

@amadeo (111948)

• United States

26 Jul 18

@nela13 I do not.My grandparents were immigrant.My grandmother came over with my mother. But never got a chance to meet her.I was the ninth child.By then I guess she was gone

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

26 Jul 18

@amadeo I understand.

@DianneN (246809)

• United States

15 Sep 18

You have such sweet memories. You are very lucky. I was extremely close to my father's mother. She shaped me in so many ways and was my id feel the same about me.ol. I miss her to this day and hope my grandchildren

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@DianneN (246809)

• United States

22 Sep 18

@nela13 Aww, thank you!!!

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

25 Sep 18

@DianneN you are welcome

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

15 Sep 18

You are for sure an excellent grandmother.

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• Israel

26 Jul 18

I have a grandmother in one side and grandparents in the other I have a lot of memories of my grandfather. He was a special one... it's 2 years already since he passed away. That's weird thinking about him. Like he is still here. At the last year of his life me and him been together almost every day so i guess it was "extra" hard on me. It makes you understand that maybe you need to be with them even more than you are. Call them every week and try to keep the connection alive. Sadly my grandparents live in a different country so we haven't seen them for a while now... and the phone calls slowly pushed away. Becuase... What are we gonna talk about? I haven't seen them for like 2 years. What can i say? What to ask? We don't have topics to talk about. What do you think... any advice?

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

26 Jul 18

You should just call them, I am sure they will be very happy in hearing your voice.

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

27 Jul 18

@Ntan822 it won't, you surely have a lot not talk about.

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• Israel

26 Jul 18

@nela13 Maybe.. Hope I could talk and it won't be a silent conversation..

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@quantum2020 (12040)

• Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico

26 Jul 18

I don´t have my grandparents anymore. They reached their 70 or 60s and that was very amazing. I wish I still had them

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

26 Jul 18

They are só important in our lives, you will always have good memories of them.

@Metsrock69 (3492)

• United States

28 Jul 18

My grandparents are gone but not forgotten on the bight side I am a grandparent

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

29 Jul 18

Glad that you are already a grandfather, you will have many years to see your grandchildren.

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@FayeHazel (40248)

• United States

26 Jul 18

I have no grandparents left in this world. But I love them the same now

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

26 Jul 18

Yes, they will always be in our hearts

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@FayeHazel (40248)

• United States

27 Jul 18

@nela13 I agree

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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26 Jul 18

Memories of my grandparents are vague, but I do recall that my grandmother baked the best bread - in my opinion. Both my grandparents passed away many years ago.

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

26 Jul 18

Food memories are very strong and usually grandmothers are the best cookers

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@Friendlypink (3805)

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26 Jul 18

Yes I still have my grandma Tessie on my mom's side. But my grandapa already passon. Same as both of my grandparents on my dad's side. My grandama Tessie is the my favorite among the 4 of them. I love her so much.

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

26 Jul 18

Grandmas always understand us better

@Icydoll (36717)

• India

26 Jul 18

I have only grandmothers now.. I love to spend time with them.

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

26 Jul 18

We should spend time with them while we have them with us

@Courage7 (19633)

• United States

28 Jul 18

I no longer have my dear Grandparents. They are surely to be treasured RIP Always so loving to us.

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

28 Jul 18

Most of time they are our best friends during childhood.

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@Courage7 (19633)

• United States

28 Jul 18

@nela13 Yes that is it

@deba12 (2951)

• India

26 Jul 18

I have never been able to come close to my grandparents. We used to live in a distant island. It was not possible for our grandparents to go there always. They use to stay with their other grandchildren.

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

26 Jul 18

Ohh, that is sad, it means you don't have many memories of them.