"Grandparent's Day"

Now that Labor Day is over, I just changed our church sign to acknowledge GRANDPARENT'S DAY this coming Sunday.  Usually, I am asSIGNed the deSIGN of the SIGNs, but this idea was MINE (Lol). (You see, my grandparents were more my parents than my parents were, and so I love to call attention to this little-known holiday.)

Ed and Mary Libucha were nominal Catholics, but even though they didn't teach me the way of salvation (as Timothy's grandma, in the Bible, taught HIM), my grandparents taught me basic morality, for which I'm grateful.  They did not drink or do drugs.  They stayed together despite marital difficulties.  They worked hard and did not look for handouts.  And they cared for my sisters and me monetarily (and other ways) when my real parents dropped the ball. That, and the fact that I am now "grandpa" to five beautiful grandkids of my own make me appreciate Grandparents Day more and more each year!!

If your grandparents are still alive (mine aren't), don't wait for YOUR grandkids (if you have any) to acknowledge YOU......thank YOUR grandparents for their role in your life while you can. 'Tis more blessed to give than to receive!! My grandpa died 24 years ago on Sept. 19th and my grandma ("Babcia" in Polish) passed away 19 years ago on Sept. 26th.  I wish THEY were here now, for me to thank AGAIN.



My poem / art below appears in the new, September issue of our local paper...I'm dedicating this version of it to my grandparents.  (Please excuse the pen lines I drew on the paper...it's to indicate where there were SUPPOSED to be spaces between the verses, but the newspaper goofed up.)