I recently ‘met’ Grandma Lisa.  (I met her through her comment to this site.)  She has a 16 month old grandson who lives in Arizona while she lives in Colorado.  I asked her to share what she does to strengthen her relationship with her grandson since he lived so far away.  Here is what she said:

“I have to admit that it’s a little hard to come up with things to do. One thing I’ve started is choosing an off-the-wall month of national designation (i.e. National Squirrel Awareness Month) and sending him something related to it (I found a silly book about a squirrel for the October one). I plan to continue that. Also, I’ve gone around and gathered a bunch of fall leaves to bring to him when we visit next weekend — or I’d be mailing them if we weren’t going to visit — because he lives in Arizona, where there’s little to no change in the foliage for fall. Other than that, my daughter and I fit in as much Skype time on the computer as possible so he can see me and I can see him. And I talk to my daughter on the phone nearly every day and usually get to say hello to him then, as well.”

I love the off-the-wall month idea!  And taking fall leaves to him.  How wonderful!  Thanks so much for sharing your ideas.

Take some time to check out Lisa’s website Grandma’s Briefs — especially her Recipe box.  I ask you, my fellow Americans (and all other nationalities who read my site) who can resist her Chocolate Chip Dip?)

In April 2008, I wrote about creating your own National Holiday. If there’s a month that you can’t find a wacky official  national month holiday, you might want to check out these ideas for creating your own national holiday.

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