Ask any grandmother (who has grandchildren that live far away) how they feel about being a long distant grandma and she’ll probably wrinkle her nose, stomp her foot and say, “It stinks!”

This ‘over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house we go’ is not something that we grandmothers prefer.  We want to be able to easily drop by for a visit, scoop up those grandchickabiddies, smother them with hugs and kisses, be a grandma paparazzi, and then go on our merry way.

Long distant grandparents want their grandchildren to be able to recognize their face and voice even though miles separate them. If you have an iPhone or an iPad, then maybe, just maybe, those horrific miles might not be so bad.  The application Wee Pray – Pray With Me can make your separation easier to bear.

With Wee Pray, you create a special prayer or message by simply tapping your finger on the screen and talking.  You can send a morning or evening prayer to your grandchildren.  Or encouragement for the first day of school, an upcoming piano recital, or a soccer game.  Or a simple I-love-you-and-am-thinking-about-you message.

The program is easy to use. Watch this video that demonstrates just how easy.

What I liked about this application:

• The app requires a double tab to set up and record.  That way, little fingers won’t accidentally erase messages or make changes to the settings.
• You can take a picture of yourself (or use one from your camera’s photo library) and use it for your profile.
• There are 10 different ‘frames’ that you can use to spice up your photo.
• Each profile can record up to 4 messages.  That way, you can have 4 messages and grandpa can set up 4 messages for the grandkiddos.
• You can e-mail your message straight from the application.  You don’t have to use a different program.
• You can send your prayer or message to another Wee Pray app owner.
• You can personalize the profiles to your name instead of using the generic ‘Grandma’ or ‘Grandpa.”

Here are some different ideas of ways you could use this program:

• Sing a song and send it to your grandchild.
• Record a poem or short story.
• Do a count down to the day you will visit your grandchild.
• Have Santa or the Easter Bunny or the Tooth Fairy or the Great Pumpkin (for Halloween) send a message to your grandchild.
• Send a message of love and encouragement if you know a grandchild is struggling with something.
• Tell jokes.
• If you will be visiting them soon, give them hints about the fun things they will get to do when you visit them (or when they visit you).
• Give them a ‘commercial’ about coming to your grandma camp activity.
• Send an invitation to come for a visit.
• Send a get well message to a sick grandchild.
• Share an experience with a grandchild — seeing a beautiful sunset, eating a special dessert, going fishing.

This is a great application for grandparents and parents who are iPhone/iPad owners.  It’s a great way to stay connected and to share your love.

Check out the Wee Pray — Pray With Me site.   It is also available for $1.99 (USD) from the Apple’s App Store.

Full disclosure: I received a promotional code so that I could download and review this application.

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