Long Distance Grandparents ??
By RenaeT
@RenaeT (681)
United States
March 14, 2007 4:27pm CST
I am a grandmother of two beautiful little boys, 1 and 3 years old. We live over 2000 miles away. I am wondering if there are any other grandma's out here in myLot who also live far from their grandbabies. If so, how do you make sure they know who you are? I do some fun things, but am curious how other long distance grandparents keep in touch and make sure their grandbabies know them over the miiles.
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@creativedreamweaver (7297)
• United States
15 Mar 07
I'm in the same boat as you. I have a 1 1/2 year old grandson, that lives in Tucson, AZ...I live in Oregon. It is about 2000 miles total. It makes me really sad sometimes. I really miss him. I do get pictures of him and get to talk to him on the phone. I also send little cards and such. I'm not sure what all to do as he gets older to keep him aqainted with "grammy".
@RenaeT (681)
• United States
15 Mar 07
Do you have a camcorder? At Christmas, my husband and I sat in front of the Christmas tree and read the kids a book about Christmas to them. It was fun to make the video and my son said the kids were glued to the tv. Micah will be turning 3 the end of this month, so we've decided I'll back a cake and we'll sing happy birthday and blow out the candles on video and send it to him. I think he'll like that. If you could do that, it would be fun.
On a different subject, where in Oregon do you live? I lived in Redding, California for 18 years, but now we live in North Carolina.
@unusualsuspect (2601)
• United States
14 Mar 07
I've always lived a long distance from my grandkids, and that's fine with me. I'm not the grandmotherly type and seeing them once every couple of years is plenty.
