I wrote a post last Friday about Grandparents Day. It’s interesting how certain posts create reactions in people… and this one did. I wrote it in a general sort of way, but the whole time I was writing it, I was thinking of my mother-in-law who just recently passed away… and of my own two grandmothers. Over the weekend, I [...]

A few decades ago, West Virginian Marian Lucille Herndon McQuade had an idea that turned into a mission. Her mission gained local momentum.  Then state momentum.  And finally, with help of civic, church and political leaders, Marian saw her idea pass into legislation by the United States Congress… and in 1978, the Grandparents Day proclamation was signed by President Jimmy Carter. [...]