It’s Time to be There for Grandparents Who Need You

Grandparents are beyond special and it goes without saying that we are lucky to have them. While we all appreciate our grandparents and all they do for us, we might not always know how to show it. Thanks to President Jimmy Carter in 1978, National Grandparents Day was declared officially as the Sunday after Labor Day. It’s a chance for us to collectively show our love and appreciation for those who do so much.

Rather than just buy a card or send flowers, look into doing something that can really make a difference in your grandparent’s lives. If you look on the Red Cross website, there are plenty of interesting and unique ideas about things you can easily do to show them you care. For instance, many grandparents may not think too much about home safety issues. They may cling to a “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” attitude. However, your grandparents may be holding on to appliances that are unsafe, electrical issues they may ignore and other safety problems that someone should fix for them. Grandparents may not always be aware that something in their home is even dangerous at all. Updating anything that may help you and them sleep better at night is so much more important than a card.

Maybe you could even look into helping them fix up a spare room or helping them get a remodeling job done that may have been on their to-do list for quite some time. Just being there and helping in some small way will mean so much to grandparents who are all too often overlooked.