14 Heartwarming Stories That Prove Grandparents’ Love Never Fades

Grandparents have a way of leaving a mark on our hearts. These 14 touching stories will show you just how deeply their love runs, no matter how much time passes.

• So, my grandpa just died last week. He was the nicest person on the planet and would drop anything and everything to help us.
  Well, yesterday was my niece’s birthday and Mother’s Day. I bought my sister-in-law a digital camera and brought it so she could take pictures. I realized on my way to the party that I didn’t have an SD card.
  I decided to just look in my grandpa’s computer desk. I opened the top drawer and pushed a pen out of the way, where I found a brand-new, unopened SD card. I picked it up and just started sobbing.
  Here he is helping me again, even after he’s passed. I haven’t cried this much in so long, but wow, he was such an amazing person. © drsciencegeek1 / Reddit

• While packing for my wedding, I found silverware like Grandma’s, with my name engraved on it. I wasn’t sure how she did it, as she had lost the ability to write after developing dementia.
  When I asked my mom, she started to cry and confessed that Grandma decided to prepare my “wedding present” years before I got married. She knew that she would probably not be able to do this later. I cry every time I think of this. She had so much love inside her heart. © Emma / Bright Side

• My 90-year-old grandma mailed a homemade vest for me to “wear to parties.” It’s... amazing 👇👇👇

• When I left for college, we stopped at their house in the middle of the 6-hour drive. Grandma slipped me a $20 and said, “Don’t tell Grandpa.”
  Grandpa slipped me a $20 and said, “Don’t tell Grandma.” Last time I saw him alive. The memory makes me smile. © Ndeipi / Reddit

• My grandma made me a scrapbook that chronicled my whole life up through my wedding. Aside from tons of pictures, she had included things like my birth announcement, my old dance recital programs from when I was a kid, and the reading that she did at my wedding.
  I thought it was really cool that she saved all that. It inspired me to do something similar for my daughter. © CellarDoor_86 / Reddit

• When my grandpa died, we looked in his wallet and there was a picture I drew him on a piece of paper bag when I was 2 that he kept for 20 years behind his driver’s license. Grandpas are absolute treasures.
  I carry it in my wallet now. It’s 30 years old.👇👇👇

• When my wife and I split up, I went over for a visit to my Gramma’s house. She, my mom, and my aunt all had a nice dinner together, and I was holding things together really well, but Gramma knew something was wrong. I finally came apart, and she just held me without saying a word.
  My 6’2, 200lb self was falling apart, and my tiny grandmother was just holding me together with everything she had. When I finally had the wherewithal to go back home, she walked me to my truck, embraced me for a few final moments while the remaining tears I had in the tank fell to the curb.
  I rounded the corner and noticed she was still standing there, watching me until I finally left her sight. I’ve never told this story, and now I miss her more than ever. I love you, Gramma. © Unknown author / Reddit

• Before I went to live with her, I used to visit my Grandmother every weekend. When she was in the hospital around Christmastime one year, she phoned in to the hospital radio show and asked them to play a song for me. She knew I loved Busted and asked them to play Band Aid 20 as they had a few words in it.
  She was so excited. My Mother told her we could listen to it (we couldn’t). © Unknown author / Reddit

• After not seeing my grandparents for months, they finally figured out how “to work FaceTime.” This was my grandpa’s face when he saw me. 🥺 👇👇👇

• I was four years old and told my grandmother I liked stickers. She would include a pack of stickers in my birthday card every year until she died when I was 20. © bakedpotatosale / Reddit

• When I was a kid, maybe 9 years old or so, the Reebok Pump shoes were really popular. My parents had not long been divorced, and my mom was making whatever minimum wage was back then, trying to care for 4 kids, so there was never any extra money.
  I really, really wanted those shoes but knew that I would never have them. They were ridiculously priced. Around $150 or so, if I remember right. Which doesn’t sound like a ton compared to a lot of shoes these days, but they were about 50% more than other name-brand sneakers.
  My grandmother, who was on a small fixed income and also never had any extra money, got a catalog in the mail that offered in-house financing. She took out a loan for the sole purpose of buying me that pair of shoes, just to see the smile on my face when getting them. I was super excited, and that has always stuck with me. © nimisys / Reddit

• My 94-year-old great-grandma made this for me because she said it is too cold. It’s 80° outside. 👇👇👇

• My grandfather, on my dad’s side, moved back to the Philippines when I was 7.
  Since my grandfather lived in the Philippines, I’d get to talk to him on the phone from time to time, but never see him. He passed away when I was 26, and the last time I saw him in person was when I was 7.
  When he passed, I wasn’t able to go to the Philippines to attend his funeral, but my father went to help get everything in order. When they were going through all of his things, my dad opened my grandfather’s wallet and saw he still had my second-grade school picture in his wallet. Apparently, my grandpa loved showing everyone that old picture of me.
  Even though he was able to get new pictures, he would say that it was the way he remembered me the last time he saw me and wanted to remember that forever. © romseed / Reddit

• Before I was born, my Grandpa made me this rocking horse and wrote this letter with it. My mom typed it out and gave it to me for Father’s Day (just had a daughter). 👇👇👇

Dear Grandson,

This horse is a gift to you in celebration of your first Christmas. I named her “Ruby” after a pony I had when I was a boy. She is marred, scarred, and quite imperfect (much like the guy who made her), but because she was made with love and a willingness to please, Ruby has very special magical powers. With a little imagination on your part, Ruby can transport you both in space and in time.

Before long, you and Ruby will be traveling to Camelot, where you will be taking your place at King Arthur’s Round Table. There will be dragons to slay and damsels to save. After King Arthur has declared you the bravest of all his knights, reach down and give Ruby a pat on the neck. Then look to your much-too-old of a Squire, who is placing on your feet your newly won silver spurs... I’ll be there

There will be those times when you and Ruby will be out here on the prairie all alone. You will feel as if the world has turned its back on you, that no one understands you or cares. Rub Ruby’s nose and tell her all your troubles. Even though you can’t see me... I’ll be there

When age forces you out of the Land-Of-Make-Believe into the cold world of reality, you will have to leave Ruby behind. Wrap her up and put her away somewhere safe. She will slip-off into Dream Land, where the sun will be warm on her back, the water clear and cool, and the grass is always green...

There she will wait for your first youngster

Before you place your little one’s bottom up there in Ruby’s saddle, and they go galloping off to some great adventure, give Ruby a pat on the neck and the youngster a hug for me... I’ll be there

And then will come the day when you go to your workshop to build a rocking horse or dollhouse for your first grandchild. Stop a couple of minutes, won’t you, and think back a lifetime to a ridiculous-looking little wooden horse and an old man who loved you very much. By that time, Ruby and I will be much like the dust on your shop floor, but the magic will be there, there inside of you, and, which is more important, you will know what makes the magic... Ruby and I will be there

Love always,
Grandpa

If you don’t want to stop shedding some tears, here is another article for you: 11 Acts of Kindness So Unexpected, They Stuck With People for Life. You won’t believe how much love can live in these simple acts.