12 Grandparents Whose Love Lifts the Spirits of Every Generation

Grandparents and grandchildren share a bond that is unlike any other. Though the specifics of their time together might blur with the passing years, the emotions tied to those moments remain vivid, offering a deep sense of love and nostalgia that stays with us forever.

• My grandpa use to walk around the hallway after lunch when I was around 5-6. I have a wonderful memory of walking behind him and then hiding before he turned around and then following him again. Or when he use to be working and I use to hide behind his chair. Pat his shoulder and hide then pat his other shoulder and hide till he caught me. © Unkown author / Reddit

• Grandmother was very artistic and creative. She made a “scarecrow” for their garden that looked exactly like my Grandfather (even his legs and mid-section)! When people would see it who didn’t know that she crafted it to look like him, they’d tell her: "That scarecrow looks amazingly like your husband!“Grandmother was very artistic and creative. She made a “scarecrow” for their garden that looked exactly like my Grandfather (even his legs and mid-section)! When people would see it who didn’t know that she crafted it to look like him, they’d tell her: “That scarecrow looks amazingly like your husband!” © Unkown author / Reddit

• My grandma made me pancakes every weekend because she knew I loved them. May not seem like much, but my siblings had different, easier breakfast orders, so she was only making them for me. Her, my dad and aunt would have some too so they didn’t all go to waste. It’s just one of those things I wish I could thank her for. © FDRip / Reddit

• When my MIL offered to babysit our baby, I was hesitant—she always did things her way. But my husband talked me into it. A few hours later, I got a text: “Don’t worry, I handled the name change.” My heart stopped. Turns out she had renamed the stuffed giraffe—said “Mr. Wobbles” didn’t suit a future astronaut, so she started calling him “Commander Gregory.” It was ridiculous, but somehow, it stuck—and now that giraffe goes everywhere, like he’s part of the family.

• My grandfather would take me to baseball when I was a kid because my parents both worked. I was always on the bench. He told me on the ride home one day that I’m not good at this game and i should learn to pitch if I wanted to play more. He spent the next summer teaching me to throw a knuckleball. The following year I told the coach I wanted to pitch, and he had me try out with the rest of the team. Nothing like the best players on the team getting struck out by a guy who rides the bench. I pitched all the way through high school, and I always thought of him when I pitched. © jetsmetsrangers / Reddit

• Now you know those sticky pastries called elephant ears? My grandfather would always give those to me whenever we saw each other. So one day, he said that he had some for me, and we were going to drive over to his place to get them later on in the day, I believe. But while we were driving somewhere else, at a red light, it turned out that his car was right next to us to our right. So he decided that we would both just reach out to eachother across the windows, and I would try to grab it from there. We succeed, fortunately. I imagine it could’ve gone a lot worse; we were both very clumsy, so if one of us had dropped it, I probably wouldn’t be surprised. © Unknown author / Reddit

• My two absolute favorites were both with my grandfather. First one is just having this intense feeling of love and belonging while he was sitting on the doorstep with my then baby sister on his lap. It was hot summer, the birds singing, the grass was green. I was using his Polaroid, so I even have a picture of that exact moment somewhere. Probably in the photo album at my grandma’s house. © mythirdpersonality / Reddit

• My grandma was really good at drawing, and when I was little I liked to draw a lot too. We used to play this game where we would pick a noun and draw it together—she’d draw one line, then I’d draw one, and then she’d draw one again, etc. I still have some of the stuff we would draw—just simple stuff like houses or swing sets, but it was so fun as a kid and really made me love drawing.
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• I came from a family that needed to count every penny. When I was in my early teens, my grandfather would have me come over on Saturdays to do chores for and with him. Some days were backbreaking, others were fairly easy. He always gave me the same amount of money. The first few times I tried to refuse but he was pretty clear about it and after a few weeks I stopped feeling guilty about it.
  That Saturday allowance gave me my first taste of financial independence. I could buy books and clothes without asking my mother for money that wasn’t there. A lot of what I know about taking care of a house and yard came from those Saturday mornings. A lot of what I know about looking out for the younger generations of my family came from those Saturday mornings too.
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• When my mom couldn’t step up, my grandma stepped in. She got me through grade school and beyond. When I was 15, we got matching tattoos. Beyond grateful for her. © T_Lexxx / Reddit

• Christmas at my grandparents house when I was ten. My parents got me presents and on top of that, my grandparents got me presents. (It was a glorious sight, there were so many presents with all the people there that all the presents did not fit under the tree, and filled like 1/3 of the living room.) It was very obvious that my grandma was the one who fill the stockings, only she would individually wrap every tiny present and make sure everyone got hand sanitizer and a pack of tissues. © billyandterry / Reddit

• My grandma used to sit down with me at her kitchen table and play with my hair with one hand while gliding her long, painted fingernails over my forearm with the other. It made me feel so loved. I’m almost 30 and still melt whenever anyone does either of these things. © Unkown author / Reddit

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