Grandparents’ day is coming up soon – on September 12^th. This is a great day to show your grandparents how much you love and appreciate them, but the neat

 thing about grandparents day is that it is a great day to share some love and create joy in the lives of other older persons that you are fond of or maybe even view as your “surrogate grandparents.”    

 Grandparents’ day is celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day each year since 1978, when President Jimmy Carter declared the day an official holiday. Grandparents Day was started by Marian McQuade, who was a housewife from West Virginia. She felt that there were too many elderly folks in nursing homes that were feeling abandoned and lonely. She also saw it as a way to begin to encourage grandchildren to seek the wisdom and heritage that they could find in their grandparents (National Grandparents Day Council, 2010).   

 Over the years, this holiday has included the celebration of grandparents, as well as other older people who are important in our lives. Grandparents and the elderly have a ton of wisdom to share and only desire in return a listening ear and a kind heart. Remember to show some kindness to the older citizens around you this year, both your grandparents and others you know. Showing your love and kindness in this way can make a larger impact on the lives of those you honor than you may know, but you will find that in doing so, you are impacting your own life as well.  
                                                              

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