Cup of Comfort for Grandparents: Stories That Celebrate a Very Special Relationship (Cup of Comfort Series Book)

• Year: 2006
• Leaves: 336
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

The bond between grandparent and grandchild is like none other. A Cup of Comfort for Grandparents celebrates the unconditional love, mutual delight, and everlasting joy only this special bond can bring you. In this heartwarming collection you'll find more than fifty stories that pay tribute to the difference grandmothers and grandfathers can make in grandchild's life-and vice versa-including:Charles, whose granddaughters give him a reason to live after his wife passes away Sydney, whose five-year-old grandson's first heartbreak reminds her of her own almost-lost love Bobbi, who defies her age (and sore muscles) and Rollerblades and rides horses with her grandson These moving tales, along with the dozens of others in A Cup of Comfort for Grandparents, will make you appreciate your own special relationship in the way only A Cup of Comfort can.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Book Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
Introduction......Page 12
When the Time Is Right......Page 16
Grandpa in Charge......Page 24
She’s Back and She’s Brought Something with Her......Page 29
Actually, That’s My Grandpa......Page 33
When the Going Gets Tough, Get Grandma......Page 38
A Grandfather’s First Letter to His Grandson......Page 43
The Indomitable Miss Chelsea......Page 49
My Granddaughters, My Life......Page 55
Toy Box Confidential......Page 60
How Do I Love Thee?......Page 65
Raising Adam......Page 71
How to Spoil a Grandchild and Alienate a Daughter-in-Law in One Easy Lesson......Page 80
The Flavors of the Mix......Page 84
Birth of a Family......Page 91
Nonna’s Way......Page 100
What to Name a Grandmother......Page 111
Learning to Share......Page 116
Jooots and Ohk......Page 123
Lord, Love a Duck......Page 127
The Froufrou Room......Page 136
Tender Hearts......Page 141
Vindication......Page 146
Me, a Grandmother? No Way!......Page 151
Not for a Very Long Time......Page 159
Life Cycles......Page 163
Grandma Will Save Me......Page 167
An American Babushka......Page 172
Grumpy and Poopy Doo......Page 178
A Valentine for a Neat Kid......Page 185
Sounds of Love......Page 194
The Land of That’s Okay......Page 199
Love-a-Bye......Page 205
Tales in a Teapot......Page 214
Pieces of Eight......Page 219
Fast Track to a Teen’s Heart......Page 225
Like Hummingbirds to Nectar......Page 231
Mama’s Patootie Pie......Page 236
Legacies and Lifelines......Page 246
Mud Pies......Page 252
Through the Eye of a Child......Page 260
Keeper of the Magic......Page 265
Something about Daniel......Page 270
Malt Balls and Dallas......Page 276
Gamma and the Car Seat......Page 281
Little House of Treasures......Page 286
Just Call Me Grandma......Page 293
The Memory Shirt......Page 297
For Immediate Delivery......Page 302
They Only Have Eyes for Pop-Pop......Page 309
Giant Flogging Monster......Page 316
Tell Your story in the Next Cup of Comfort!......Page 323
Contributors......Page 325
About the Editor......Page 338