{"id":303792,"date":"2015-12-22T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/connecting-as-grandparents\/"},"modified":"2015-12-22T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T17:00:00","slug":"connecting-as-grandparents","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/connecting-as-grandparents\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting as Grandparents"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grandmothers Mary Larmoyeux and Nancy Downing offer some fun and easy ideas for making memories with your grandchildren. 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Mary Larmoyeux is a grandmother who tries to capture those moments for her grandkids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> For probably about five years, I\u2019ve made calendars for Christmas presents; and we have family pictures on it. And then\u2014this helps a whole lot\u2014you have all the grandkids\u2019 birthdays on there. We have when they\u2019re baptized\u2014that goes on the family calendar\u2014anniversaries \/ real special things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat is just a lot of fun and it also helps Grandma remember birthdays. The grandkids really like it. They are getting big now and some of them want different pictures now on their birthdays. They want me to make it a little more up-to-date instead of using those baby pictures. So it\u2019s just a very fun thing to have.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>for Tuesday, December 22<sup>nd<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. You may be getting a little extra time with your grandchildren in the coming days. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe have some thoughts for you on how you can maximize that time with your grandkids all year long. Stay tuned.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today.<\/em> Thanks for joining us. You remember a while back we had a couple of grandmas join us on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> and shared some ideas.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> That\u2019s right. Mary Larmoyeux and Nancy Downing join us again. Welcome back ladies.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> Thank you for having us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> Thank you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I didn\u2019t know if we\u2019d have them back because I have this letter\u2014I have two of them! I\u2019ve got one letter from the High Fructose Corn Syrup Advisory Board. They just wanted to commend us on the program that we had done previously. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014on gummy bears? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You had talked about enough sugar on that show that they wanted to give you a certificate \/ an award of merit for all of the sugar mentioning you did.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Well Nancy Downing won Teacher of the Year from <em>USA<\/em> <em>Today<\/em>. Maybe <em>I\u2019ll<\/em> win the corn syrup\/fructose\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, here\u2019s the other letter that we\u2019ve got from another parent who just wondered how you deal with the grandkids after you\u2019ve sugared them up like that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Oh, I leave them with them. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> Send them home.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Of course! It\u2019s a grandparent\u2019s prerogative. [Laughter] For those parents\u2014who, you know, take issue with <em>your<\/em> parents spoiling your kids\u2014I just say, \u201cGive them a little grace to enjoy the process of being grandparents.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are talking about the book called <em>The Grandparent Connection: 365 Ways to Connect with Your Grandchild\u2019s Heart.<\/em> Nancy and Mary have put this together. We\u2019re going to have a bit of a countdown here of great ideas, that are in the book, that grandparents can seize the day with and make a great memory with your grandkids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI have to say\u2014with our kids scattered in four different states around the country, this right here, is one of our biggest issues. We do not have enough good ideas, just on the spur of the moment, to say: \u201cWhat can I do that I can do long distance? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cWhat can I do, even though they don\u2019t do email yet or text yet? What can I do and use text?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, Mary and Nancy have 365 different ways you can do that\u2014they\u2019re all by month. So you can take the month that you\u2019re in\u2014pick up a holiday and a bunch of great ideas around the Fourth of July, or around Thanksgiving, or Christmas\u2014and find a way to connect with your grandkids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You said we are going to do a countdown; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I think we\u2019ve got the drum roll ready\u2014there it is. [Drum roll] This would be Idea Number 10. Who has idea number 10 on our countdown? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> Well, I\u2019ll do Idea Number 10.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Okay.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> One thing I <em>love<\/em> to do for our grandkids\u2014I love to pray for them. I really do because I feel like I\u2019m investing in their future. I have no idea how God\u2019s going to use those prayers when I won\u2019t see it. In here, I have something about praying and how you can mark in Bibles\u2014mark little things and say, \u201cI prayed for you today.\u201d You can jot down dates of when they were baptized and different things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI truly love FamilyLife\u2019s resource, <em>While They Were Sleeping<\/em>. I have one of those for every grandchild. I just go through, by the week\u2014you know, one child will get it Monday, the next Tuesday, whatever\u2014I just go through it every day. I write their name and I date it. Sometimes, I don\u2019t do it for a couple of weeks; but it doesn\u2019t matter because whatever I do\u2014it\u2019s better than nothing. I just envision someday them getting those books and just seeing for years, and years, and years a grandparent praying for them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The resource you\u2019re talking about is a book that was designed so that parents or grandparents can pray for certain character qualities in the life of a child. You take a character quality for a week and it kind of guides you in how to pray for your children or for your grandchildren every day of that week. And you\u2019re using it, and marking in it, and someday your grandkids will see \u201cHow Grandma Mary prayed for us.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> Everyone has their own. I just keep going through the book\u2014it has the dates. It\u2019s pretty cool, looking back at it now.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I\u2019m going to give our listeners a <em>bonus<\/em>. I\u2019ll never forget a pastor who was one of the leading pastors here in our nation. I was sitting down with him, chatting with him, and he said, \u201cI\u2019m stepping down from my job as pastor, and I\u2019ve got a new assignment.\u201d I said, \u201cWhat\u2019s that?\u201d He said, \u201cTo pray for and spend time with my grandkids.\u201d And he said, \u201cEach year, I pull out a Bible and I pray my way through that Bible with that child in mind. I\u2019ll read through passages and jot a passage down, underline it, put a date by it, let my grandson \/ my granddaughter know that I prayed for them. Then, at the end of the year, I will give that Bible to that grandchild.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s a great idea!\u2014just to pray for that child, as Mary talked about. Maybe use a Bible that will become a gift, later on, that you can give them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Alright, the countdown is on. [Drum roll] Here is Idea Number 9, Nancy.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> Well, Proverbs 17:17 says, \u201cA friend loves at all times.\u201d I want my grandson and, hopefully, grandchildren to be able to know that God is their friend. When I was growing up, my mother taught me that you don\u2019t just pray in the morning, you don\u2019t just pray at dinner, you don\u2019t just pray at every meal or at bedtime, but just talk to God all day long: \u201cHe\u2019s your friend. He\u2019s going to go with you all the time.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to share that with my grandson but I also, at the same time, want to teach him to <em>be<\/em> a good friend. So I think going and teaching him how to be a friend\u2014like modeling how to share \/ how to play a game\u2014when someone comes over, the company goes first. Those are the kinds of things I hope our listeners will be able to do also.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Alright, time for Idea Number 8 on the countdown. [Drum roll] Mary, this is yours.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> Well, one of our ideas is something probably a lot of our listeners have done\u2014just mark how tall your grandchild is on the door. We did that with our kids, and we have a door started for our grandkids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you have grandkids that live out of town, you can still do it with them\u2014ask their mom or dad, \u201cHow tall are they?\u201d and ask them to send that to you\u2014and you mark it on the door. Then you can show them on Skype or\u2014well, on Skype is how I do it\u2014just show them how tall they are and how it\u2019s marked on the door. They like that a whole lot. You can also buy special measuring tapes and things and mail that to them, long distance, just so they\u2019re in the process of this special thing that they\u2019re doing with their grandparents.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I think a lot can be said about that and apply it to spiritual growth. Obviously, you don\u2019t measure it with a yardstick; but you can talk to your kids, as you measure them physically\u2014challenge them to measure themselves spiritually: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cHow are you growing? How are you doing? You can always talk to Grandma\/Grandpa about anything you want.\u201d Always be available. I think there\u2019s something that we, as grandparents, need to realize\u2014a certain power we possess that parents don\u2019t\u2014we can kind of hang in there with them and don\u2019t have to feel obligated to teach, or instruct, or challenge, or correct like the parents have to do. Maybe there\u2019s a grandparent who\u2019s listening right now who needed to hear that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Alright, we\u2019ve got to keep the Top 10 list moving. It\u2019s time for\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> It\u2019s now up to the Top 13, Bob.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Number 7, here we go. [Drum roll] And that\u2019s you, Nancy.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> One thing that I think is <em>awesome<\/em> is furniture that\u2019s been passed down from generation to generation. I have a rocking chair that my grandmother rocked my mother in. Then she passed that to my mom, and my mom rocked all four of <em>us<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen my mom passed it to <em>me<\/em>, and I rocked all three of my children. Now, my daughter is rocking her child.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes, cool.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Alright, Number 6.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> I\u2019d say magazine subscriptions. You can order a magazine subscription for your grandchild and order the same one for you. If they live out of town, you can be reading them the same articles\u2014you can be asking them questions about it. You can show pictures on Skype together. You can read it to the little ones while they\u2019re looking at their magazine\u2014you have the same one. So that\u2019s something fun that we\u2019ve done.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I know <em>World<\/em> <em>Magazine<\/em> has a magazine for children\u2014<em>God\u2019s<\/em> <em>World<\/em> <em>Magazine<\/em>\u2014that could be the kind of thing you\u2019d use.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> Yes, it does. And also, Focus on the Family<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> has <em>Club<\/em> and <em>Clubhouse<\/em> <em>Junior<\/em>\u2014those are excellent. We get the <em>Creation<\/em> <em>Magazine<\/em>\u2014it\u2019s Christian\u2014and it\u2019s supposedly like the Christian view of <em>National<\/em> <em>Geographic<\/em> on a smaller version.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> This isn\u2019t a Christian magazine\u2014but <em>Ranger<\/em> <em>Rick<\/em>\u2014they love <em>Ranger<\/em> <em>Rick<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> <em>Ranger<\/em> <em>Rick<\/em>! We loved our <em>Ranger<\/em> <em>Rick<\/em> when our kids were little too.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Alright, what\u2019s Number\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Number 5.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Number 5.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Number 5! [Drum roll]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> I say\u2014go buy a gift and then have it wrapped up. If your grandchild lives out of town, then you can send them a picture of it. They get to guess clues about what they think it is. You\u2019re going to have the gift for the month\u2014so they get a couple clues during each week. At the end of the month,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Give me an idea of what a clue might be.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> \u201cThe object that is in here is bigger than a phone,\u201d or \u201cThe object in here is bigger than a blender,\u201d so that they would get the size because you could have a great <em>big<\/em> box and have a <em>smaller<\/em> <em>thing<\/em> inside; okay?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Got it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So\u2014not just get a gift and send it off to them, but build a little mystery \/ a little intrigue.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I like that!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> Exactly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Milk that for a while.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I like that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I like that a lot too. Yes, that is good.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> It is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Have you done that?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> No, I\u2019ve <em>altered<\/em> this a little bit. My grandson was having trouble at school with his behavior. I went and bought the Cootie<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> game\u2014I had all the bodies wrapped up, I had all the legs wrapped up, all the heads wrapped up. Then each day, when he came home from school, if he had good behavior, he got to pick which one of those different presents he wanted to open. Then on Friday, all the game pieces would be out so that he could play the game.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We\u2019re up to Number 4 on our game. Here\u2019s Number 4! [Drum roll]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> I\u2019ll say calendars \/ family calendars for Christmas presents. We have family pictures on it\u2014and then you have\u2014and this helps a whole lot\u2014you have all the grandkids\u2019 birthdays on there. We have when they\u2019re baptized\u2014that goes on the calendar\u2014anniversaries \/ real special things. That is just a lot of fun; and it also helps Grandma remember birthdays, to tell you the truth. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe grandkids really like it. They\u2019re getting big now and, recently, one of our grandkids was talking about\u2014really two of them\u2014they were talking about pictures they want on next year\u2019s calendar. Some of them want different pictures now for their birthday pictures. They want me to make it a little more up-to-date instead of using those baby pictures. So it\u2019s just a very fun thing to have.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So is this a calendar you keep at your house and you use or do you send it to the grandchild?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> Everybody gets one\u2014my mother got one \/ all the kids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So here\u2019s what I\u2019m thinking about doing this. If you did one of these at the beginning of the year, you can select dates, during the year, that you can put on there: \u201cToday is Tommy\u2019s day for a free ice cream cone\u2014call Grandma to find out how to get your ice cream cone.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> That\u2019s a <em>great<\/em> idea! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You put some little\u2014just pepper it throughout the year \/ just add in little special things. But [to the child]: \u201cYou have to know that\u2019s your date coming up. You have to call Grandma or Grandpa on your date in order to get your prize.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> I\u2019m going to do that! I\u2019m going to do it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy: <\/strong>I like it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You may need a small computer program to be able to pull that off. [Laughter] I was also thinking, as you were talking about it\u2014if you really wanted to get kind of exotic with this\u2014is take some really fun weird\/goofy pictures of Grandpa and Grandma and have some kind of scavenger hunt that occurs all the way through the year for all the families. Just figure out how you might execute it with your grandkids being where they are and you where you are. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> If you had a dozen pictures of Grandma and Grandpa in costumes\u2014you know, with beards, or with funny hats, or whatever else\u2014just use those. You\u2019ve got to think that the kids would like that\u2014they\u2019d keep that for years.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Oh, yes, they\u2019d keep that. Somehow seal it so they can\u2019t look\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Can\u2019t see them a month in advance. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014they can\u2019t get them a month in advance.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Alright here we go\u2014Number 3. Here we go! [Drum roll] This is yours, Nancy.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> Using that same idea about the pictures\u2014 you can go get any family pictures and have them blown up to 8x11. Then go and have them laminated\u2014you can do that at any school supply store. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen go and glue them to a piece of cardboard or poster board. Turn the picture over so all you see is the poster board. Then draw lines to make places where you\u2019ll cut for puzzle pieces. You can use those for presents\u2014you can cut them up \/ put them in a bag. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy grandson and I have done this for Mother\u2019s Day and for Christmas\u2014to give his mother her present. He would take the pieces and hide them around the house. Then he would give clues for each piece, and she would have to go find it. Then it would make the picture at the end.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So is this like a jigsaw puzzle that you\u2019re making out of some kind of a picture of the family.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> Right; correct.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We believe, by the way, in the power of lamination. When you laminate anything, it becomes a keepsake. Nobody can throw away anything that\u2019s been laminated.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> There you go\u2014the power of lamination.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You heard it here!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I just want to remind our listeners where all these ideas are coming from\u2014a book called <em>The Grandparent Connection: 365 Ways to Connect with Your Grandchild\u2019s Heart<\/em>, written by both Mary and Nancy. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI also want to remind grandparents\u2014you\u2019re not just here for fun and games. Let me read you a passage that\u2019s one of my favorites\u2014Psalm 71[verses 17, 18]: \u201cO God, from my youth You have taught me; and I still proclaim Your wondrous deeds. So even to old age and grey hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim Your might to another generation, Your power to all those to come.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGrandparents need to be passing on their experience of God and the truth about God from the Bible to their grandkids. You need to ask God for fun, creative, practical ways to pass that truth on\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014that\u2019s a part of our assignment, as grandparents.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAlright, what are you down to?\u2014Number 2?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Down to Number 2. Here is\u2014in our Top 10 Ideas for grandparents, this is Number 2 [Drum roll]\u2014Mary.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> Dennis made me think of a conference that my husband and I went to a few years ago. One of the survivors of the Holocaust was being interviewed, and she told her story\u2014it was real moving. Jim and I made a point to get our picture taken with <em>her<\/em> because we want that for our grandchildren. We want to be able to tell them about her, which we have; but someday, when we die, we want our great-grandkids to see this, and see her story, and know that some relatives of theirs actually stood by someone who lived that\u2014so I think making history come alive. I know someone once said, \u201cIt\u2019s hard to believe that what happens to us today is actually history.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> But it is, when we look back on it. I think that\u2019s something for us to realize.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Grandparents are the guardians of the family history as well. I remember, before my mom died, my daughter sat down with the video camera and with my mom. We still have Grandma sharing the stories of what it was like when she was a little girl and what it was like with her grandparents. That\u2019s one of those treasures that a family is <em>delighted<\/em> to have. It may be somebody that you\u2019ve had a brush of greatness with, but it may just be sharing stories about when you were growing up.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Or it may be the celebration of something like we had with my mom\u2019s parents, who were married for 50 years. I\u2019ve still got the cake topper from that celebration from their 50<sup>th<\/sup> Golden Anniversary.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You\u2019re going to pull that out here, in a couple of years, and put it on the top of your cake?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> Yes; sure.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes. I hadn\u2019t thought about doing that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> That\u2019s neat.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> But the point is: \u201cCapture it on film.\u201d It is interesting how images can be burned into a child\u2019s mind and the values that surround that image be imbedded. I just remember deeply admiring and appreciating my grandparents for making it 50 years\u2014and that was back when divorce was not much of an option and there wasn\u2019t much divorce back then\u2014but it still made a big impression upon me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We are down to our final idea\u2014you ready? This is the Number 1 Idea for grandparents.[Fanfare] And it\u2019s all yours, Nancy.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> Okay; well, I\u2019m headed for surgery in a couple of weeks. This means I am not going to be able to do a lot of activities with my grandson, and this hurts my heart. He\u2019s already discussed this with me, even though he\u2019s just four; but we\u2019re going to make a coupon book. That coupon book is going to be for things that he can ask me to do when I have recovered from my surgery\u2014like go to the park or go get yogurt\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014just different things that he and I do together or he would like to do\u2014then he will be able to use the coupon book when I can use it \/ when I\u2019m available to walk around again.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You are planting seeds for future memories with him.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> Exactly. [Buzzer sounds]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> Can I add a bonus one?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Sure.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> Because I really did want to share about birthday letters\u2014how that\u2019s a fun thing for grandparents to do\u2014to make a special letter on every birthday that your grandchild has. You can just try to capture, especially, what has happened in the last year. It may be some milestones that they\u2019ve crossed \/ some things that have happened. Actually, that ends up being a history of their life when you have, at least, one for every year. And if you\u2019re like me and you miss some, which I have\u2014hey, at least, you have a lot of them\u2014so you can just strive to do that. And that too\u2014you can put lots of pictures \/ you can make it creative. It\u2019s a fun thing to do.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You know, we\u2019ve gone through 11\u2014maybe 12\u2014you threw in a bonus too\u2014so a dozen ideas. When you stop and think, there are 365 ideas in this book\u2014I mean, there is a <em>lot<\/em> a grandparent can do.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> There certainly is. My charge to those of you who are parents, and not grandparents yet, is realize that a little book like this might be helpful to give <em>your<\/em> parents to help prime the pump as they think about spoiling the grandkids, going forward. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I just got a text from the Fructose Board\u2014they said you did not mention sugar once in today\u2019s program. [Laughter] They are rescinding your fructose award.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I think you need to find a way to go to Dairy Queen<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> or one of the\u2014[Laughter]\u2014or go down the aisle at the grocery store and get some\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> It\u2019s too late! It\u2019s too late\u2014you can\u2019t reclaim your fructose\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> It\u2019s right underneath\u2014we made it! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We do have copies of <em>The Grandparent Connection<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And we have gummy bears for sale too.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> No we don\u2019t! Go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, if you\u2019d like to order a copy of the book with all <em>365 Ways To Connect With Your Grandchild\u2019s Heart.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I think it would go like hotcakes, Bob, if we had a package of gummy bears go with each one of these books. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You can find the information about the book online at FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d And we can get a copy of the book sent to you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I\u2019ll look into the gummy bear offer.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You\u2019re going to be busy with other things because we have had some friends of the ministry, who have come to us recently\u2014and, in fact, we\u2019ve let our listeners know about this yesterday. December is a very critical month for our ministry\u2014it is for a lot of ministries. About one third of the money we need to operate the ministry comes in during the month of December. All month long, we\u2019ve had a $2 million matching-gift offer that we\u2019ve been letting listeners know about. Listeners have been responding, and we\u2019re grateful for that\u2014but the ante just got raised in our\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Do you want to use a gambling term on that Bob?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well politicians are using \u201cdouble down\u201d all the time these days.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Well, I don\u2019t care if it\u2019s \u201cdouble down\u201d or \u201cante\u201d\u2014it is time for you, as a listener\u2014if you\u2019ve enjoyed <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> \/ if it\u2019s benefited you, and your marriage and family, and you want this to benefit others, as well as you, going forward\u2014we need you to give.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Here\u2019s what\u2019s happened\u2014the $2 million matching-gift fund\u2014some folks heard about it \/ they said, \u201cCan we match funds as well?\u201d So the fund has now grown, and it has become a $5 million matching-gift fund. We just have from now until New Year\u2019s Eve to try to take full advantage of this <em>generous<\/em> offer from these friends.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Our friends designed this to encourage you to give and to make <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> possible on this station and hundreds of other stations around the country. Honestly, in order to be able to do this ministry, we need you to stand with us right now. When you give, you become a partner in ministry. It\u2019s not our ministry\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014it is something we do, together, as you give and you make this broadcast possible on relevant subjects like we\u2019ve talked about this month. Bob, we\u2019re all about equipping families to do marriage and family God\u2019s way and to make an impact on our world. I think, as never before, we need families to be about the King\u2019s business, here at Christmas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The exciting thing about this matching gift is that every dollar you donate is going to be matched with two dollars from the matching-gift fund.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> So if you give $50, they\u2019ll give $100\u2014that makes your gift $150.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Again, we\u2019re hoping to take full advantage of this between now and the new year. Go to FamilyLifeToday.com if you can help with a yearend contribution online; or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to make your donation over the phone. Or mail your donation to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; and our zip code is 72223.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we are going to pay tribute to somebody we said goodbye to in 2015. This was the year we\u2019ve said good bye to Elisabeth Elliott. Tomorrow, you\u2019ll get a chance to hear Elisabeth and her husband, Lars, share about their love story.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> This is not something you want to miss.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This has to be one of the top programs that we\u2019ve been a part of.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Bob and I have done over 5,000 programs together\u2014I think it\u2019s on both of our top five list.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, it is. I hope you can tune in tomorrow to hear that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. We\u2019ll see you back tomorrow for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHelp for today. Hope for tomorrow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. If you\u2019ve benefited from the broadcast transcripts, would you consider <a href=\"http:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/donate\">donating today<\/a> to help defray the costs?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tCopyright <sup>\u00a9<\/sup> 2015 FamilyLife. 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These grandmothers say it's never too late to forge a bond with your grandkids that will last a lifetime.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/fl2015-12-22.pdf","transcript_content":"<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Families are made up of memories and milestones. Mary Larmoyeux is a grandmother who tries to capture those moments for her grandkids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> For probably about five years, I\u2019ve made calendars for Christmas presents; and we have family pictures on it. And then\u2014this helps a whole lot\u2014you have all the grandkids\u2019 birthdays on there. We have when they\u2019re baptized\u2014that goes on the family calendar\u2014anniversaries \/ real special things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat is just a lot of fun and it also helps Grandma remember birthdays. The grandkids really like it. 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You remember a while back we had a couple of grandmas join us on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> and shared some ideas.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> That\u2019s right. Mary Larmoyeux and Nancy Downing join us again. Welcome back ladies.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> Thank you for having us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> Thank you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I didn\u2019t know if we\u2019d have them back because I have this letter\u2014I have two of them! I\u2019ve got one letter from the High Fructose Corn Syrup Advisory Board. They just wanted to commend us on the program that we had done previously. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014on gummy bears? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You had talked about enough sugar on that show that they wanted to give you a certificate \/ an award of merit for all of the sugar mentioning you did.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Well Nancy Downing won Teacher of the Year from <em>USA<\/em> <em>Today<\/em>. Maybe <em>I\u2019ll<\/em> win the corn syrup\/fructose\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, here\u2019s the other letter that we\u2019ve got from another parent who just wondered how you deal with the grandkids after you\u2019ve sugared them up like that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Oh, I leave them with them. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> Send them home.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Of course! It\u2019s a grandparent\u2019s prerogative. [Laughter] For those parents\u2014who, you know, take issue with <em>your<\/em> parents spoiling your kids\u2014I just say, \u201cGive them a little grace to enjoy the process of being grandparents.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are talking about the book called <em>The Grandparent Connection: 365 Ways to Connect with Your Grandchild\u2019s Heart.<\/em> Nancy and Mary have put this together. We\u2019re going to have a bit of a countdown here of great ideas, that are in the book, that grandparents can seize the day with and make a great memory with your grandkids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI have to say\u2014with our kids scattered in four different states around the country, this right here, is one of our biggest issues. We do not have enough good ideas, just on the spur of the moment, to say: \u201cWhat can I do that I can do long distance? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cWhat can I do, even though they don\u2019t do email yet or text yet? What can I do and use text?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, Mary and Nancy have 365 different ways you can do that\u2014they\u2019re all by month. So you can take the month that you\u2019re in\u2014pick up a holiday and a bunch of great ideas around the Fourth of July, or around Thanksgiving, or Christmas\u2014and find a way to connect with your grandkids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You said we are going to do a countdown; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I think we\u2019ve got the drum roll ready\u2014there it is. [Drum roll] This would be Idea Number 10. Who has idea number 10 on our countdown? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> Well, I\u2019ll do Idea Number 10.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Okay.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> One thing I <em>love<\/em> to do for our grandkids\u2014I love to pray for them. I really do because I feel like I\u2019m investing in their future. I have no idea how God\u2019s going to use those prayers when I won\u2019t see it. In here, I have something about praying and how you can mark in Bibles\u2014mark little things and say, \u201cI prayed for you today.\u201d You can jot down dates of when they were baptized and different things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI truly love FamilyLife\u2019s resource, <em>While They Were Sleeping<\/em>. I have one of those for every grandchild. I just go through, by the week\u2014you know, one child will get it Monday, the next Tuesday, whatever\u2014I just go through it every day. I write their name and I date it. Sometimes, I don\u2019t do it for a couple of weeks; but it doesn\u2019t matter because whatever I do\u2014it\u2019s better than nothing. I just envision someday them getting those books and just seeing for years, and years, and years a grandparent praying for them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The resource you\u2019re talking about is a book that was designed so that parents or grandparents can pray for certain character qualities in the life of a child. You take a character quality for a week and it kind of guides you in how to pray for your children or for your grandchildren every day of that week. And you\u2019re using it, and marking in it, and someday your grandkids will see \u201cHow Grandma Mary prayed for us.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> Everyone has their own. I just keep going through the book\u2014it has the dates. It\u2019s pretty cool, looking back at it now.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I\u2019m going to give our listeners a <em>bonus<\/em>. I\u2019ll never forget a pastor who was one of the leading pastors here in our nation. I was sitting down with him, chatting with him, and he said, \u201cI\u2019m stepping down from my job as pastor, and I\u2019ve got a new assignment.\u201d I said, \u201cWhat\u2019s that?\u201d He said, \u201cTo pray for and spend time with my grandkids.\u201d And he said, \u201cEach year, I pull out a Bible and I pray my way through that Bible with that child in mind. I\u2019ll read through passages and jot a passage down, underline it, put a date by it, let my grandson \/ my granddaughter know that I prayed for them. Then, at the end of the year, I will give that Bible to that grandchild.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s a great idea!\u2014just to pray for that child, as Mary talked about. Maybe use a Bible that will become a gift, later on, that you can give them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Alright, the countdown is on. [Drum roll] Here is Idea Number 9, Nancy.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> Well, Proverbs 17:17 says, \u201cA friend loves at all times.\u201d I want my grandson and, hopefully, grandchildren to be able to know that God is their friend. When I was growing up, my mother taught me that you don\u2019t just pray in the morning, you don\u2019t just pray at dinner, you don\u2019t just pray at every meal or at bedtime, but just talk to God all day long: \u201cHe\u2019s your friend. He\u2019s going to go with you all the time.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to share that with my grandson but I also, at the same time, want to teach him to <em>be<\/em> a good friend. So I think going and teaching him how to be a friend\u2014like modeling how to share \/ how to play a game\u2014when someone comes over, the company goes first. Those are the kinds of things I hope our listeners will be able to do also.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Alright, time for Idea Number 8 on the countdown. [Drum roll] Mary, this is yours.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> Well, one of our ideas is something probably a lot of our listeners have done\u2014just mark how tall your grandchild is on the door. We did that with our kids, and we have a door started for our grandkids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you have grandkids that live out of town, you can still do it with them\u2014ask their mom or dad, \u201cHow tall are they?\u201d and ask them to send that to you\u2014and you mark it on the door. Then you can show them on Skype or\u2014well, on Skype is how I do it\u2014just show them how tall they are and how it\u2019s marked on the door. They like that a whole lot. You can also buy special measuring tapes and things and mail that to them, long distance, just so they\u2019re in the process of this special thing that they\u2019re doing with their grandparents.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I think a lot can be said about that and apply it to spiritual growth. Obviously, you don\u2019t measure it with a yardstick; but you can talk to your kids, as you measure them physically\u2014challenge them to measure themselves spiritually: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cHow are you growing? How are you doing? You can always talk to Grandma\/Grandpa about anything you want.\u201d Always be available. I think there\u2019s something that we, as grandparents, need to realize\u2014a certain power we possess that parents don\u2019t\u2014we can kind of hang in there with them and don\u2019t have to feel obligated to teach, or instruct, or challenge, or correct like the parents have to do. Maybe there\u2019s a grandparent who\u2019s listening right now who needed to hear that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Alright, we\u2019ve got to keep the Top 10 list moving. It\u2019s time for\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> It\u2019s now up to the Top 13, Bob.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Number 7, here we go. [Drum roll] And that\u2019s you, Nancy.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> One thing that I think is <em>awesome<\/em> is furniture that\u2019s been passed down from generation to generation. I have a rocking chair that my grandmother rocked my mother in. Then she passed that to my mom, and my mom rocked all four of <em>us<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen my mom passed it to <em>me<\/em>, and I rocked all three of my children. Now, my daughter is rocking her child.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes, cool.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Alright, Number 6.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> I\u2019d say magazine subscriptions. You can order a magazine subscription for your grandchild and order the same one for you. If they live out of town, you can be reading them the same articles\u2014you can be asking them questions about it. You can show pictures on Skype together. You can read it to the little ones while they\u2019re looking at their magazine\u2014you have the same one. So that\u2019s something fun that we\u2019ve done.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I know <em>World<\/em> <em>Magazine<\/em> has a magazine for children\u2014<em>God\u2019s<\/em> <em>World<\/em> <em>Magazine<\/em>\u2014that could be the kind of thing you\u2019d use.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> Yes, it does. And also, Focus on the Family<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> has <em>Club<\/em> and <em>Clubhouse<\/em> <em>Junior<\/em>\u2014those are excellent. We get the <em>Creation<\/em> <em>Magazine<\/em>\u2014it\u2019s Christian\u2014and it\u2019s supposedly like the Christian view of <em>National<\/em> <em>Geographic<\/em> on a smaller version.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> This isn\u2019t a Christian magazine\u2014but <em>Ranger<\/em> <em>Rick<\/em>\u2014they love <em>Ranger<\/em> <em>Rick<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> <em>Ranger<\/em> <em>Rick<\/em>! We loved our <em>Ranger<\/em> <em>Rick<\/em> when our kids were little too.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Alright, what\u2019s Number\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Number 5.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Number 5.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Number 5! [Drum roll]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> I say\u2014go buy a gift and then have it wrapped up. If your grandchild lives out of town, then you can send them a picture of it. They get to guess clues about what they think it is. You\u2019re going to have the gift for the month\u2014so they get a couple clues during each week. At the end of the month,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Give me an idea of what a clue might be.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> \u201cThe object that is in here is bigger than a phone,\u201d or \u201cThe object in here is bigger than a blender,\u201d so that they would get the size because you could have a great <em>big<\/em> box and have a <em>smaller<\/em> <em>thing<\/em> inside; okay?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Got it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So\u2014not just get a gift and send it off to them, but build a little mystery \/ a little intrigue.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I like that!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> Exactly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Milk that for a while.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I like that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I like that a lot too. Yes, that is good.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> It is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Have you done that?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> No, I\u2019ve <em>altered<\/em> this a little bit. My grandson was having trouble at school with his behavior. I went and bought the Cootie<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> game\u2014I had all the bodies wrapped up, I had all the legs wrapped up, all the heads wrapped up. Then each day, when he came home from school, if he had good behavior, he got to pick which one of those different presents he wanted to open. Then on Friday, all the game pieces would be out so that he could play the game.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We\u2019re up to Number 4 on our game. Here\u2019s Number 4! [Drum roll]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> I\u2019ll say calendars \/ family calendars for Christmas presents. We have family pictures on it\u2014and then you have\u2014and this helps a whole lot\u2014you have all the grandkids\u2019 birthdays on there. We have when they\u2019re baptized\u2014that goes on the calendar\u2014anniversaries \/ real special things. That is just a lot of fun; and it also helps Grandma remember birthdays, to tell you the truth. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe grandkids really like it. They\u2019re getting big now and, recently, one of our grandkids was talking about\u2014really two of them\u2014they were talking about pictures they want on next year\u2019s calendar. Some of them want different pictures now for their birthday pictures. They want me to make it a little more up-to-date instead of using those baby pictures. So it\u2019s just a very fun thing to have.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So is this a calendar you keep at your house and you use or do you send it to the grandchild?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> Everybody gets one\u2014my mother got one \/ all the kids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So here\u2019s what I\u2019m thinking about doing this. If you did one of these at the beginning of the year, you can select dates, during the year, that you can put on there: \u201cToday is Tommy\u2019s day for a free ice cream cone\u2014call Grandma to find out how to get your ice cream cone.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> That\u2019s a <em>great<\/em> idea! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You put some little\u2014just pepper it throughout the year \/ just add in little special things. But [to the child]: \u201cYou have to know that\u2019s your date coming up. You have to call Grandma or Grandpa on your date in order to get your prize.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> I\u2019m going to do that! I\u2019m going to do it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy: <\/strong>I like it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You may need a small computer program to be able to pull that off. [Laughter] I was also thinking, as you were talking about it\u2014if you really wanted to get kind of exotic with this\u2014is take some really fun weird\/goofy pictures of Grandpa and Grandma and have some kind of scavenger hunt that occurs all the way through the year for all the families. Just figure out how you might execute it with your grandkids being where they are and you where you are. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> If you had a dozen pictures of Grandma and Grandpa in costumes\u2014you know, with beards, or with funny hats, or whatever else\u2014just use those. You\u2019ve got to think that the kids would like that\u2014they\u2019d keep that for years.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Oh, yes, they\u2019d keep that. Somehow seal it so they can\u2019t look\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Can\u2019t see them a month in advance. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014they can\u2019t get them a month in advance.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Alright here we go\u2014Number 3. Here we go! [Drum roll] This is yours, Nancy.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> Using that same idea about the pictures\u2014 you can go get any family pictures and have them blown up to 8x11. Then go and have them laminated\u2014you can do that at any school supply store. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen go and glue them to a piece of cardboard or poster board. Turn the picture over so all you see is the poster board. Then draw lines to make places where you\u2019ll cut for puzzle pieces. You can use those for presents\u2014you can cut them up \/ put them in a bag. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy grandson and I have done this for Mother\u2019s Day and for Christmas\u2014to give his mother her present. He would take the pieces and hide them around the house. Then he would give clues for each piece, and she would have to go find it. Then it would make the picture at the end.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So is this like a jigsaw puzzle that you\u2019re making out of some kind of a picture of the family.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> Right; correct.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We believe, by the way, in the power of lamination. When you laminate anything, it becomes a keepsake. Nobody can throw away anything that\u2019s been laminated.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> There you go\u2014the power of lamination.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You heard it here!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I just want to remind our listeners where all these ideas are coming from\u2014a book called <em>The Grandparent Connection: 365 Ways to Connect with Your Grandchild\u2019s Heart<\/em>, written by both Mary and Nancy. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI also want to remind grandparents\u2014you\u2019re not just here for fun and games. Let me read you a passage that\u2019s one of my favorites\u2014Psalm 71[verses 17, 18]: \u201cO God, from my youth You have taught me; and I still proclaim Your wondrous deeds. So even to old age and grey hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim Your might to another generation, Your power to all those to come.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGrandparents need to be passing on their experience of God and the truth about God from the Bible to their grandkids. You need to ask God for fun, creative, practical ways to pass that truth on\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014that\u2019s a part of our assignment, as grandparents.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAlright, what are you down to?\u2014Number 2?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Down to Number 2. Here is\u2014in our Top 10 Ideas for grandparents, this is Number 2 [Drum roll]\u2014Mary.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> Dennis made me think of a conference that my husband and I went to a few years ago. One of the survivors of the Holocaust was being interviewed, and she told her story\u2014it was real moving. Jim and I made a point to get our picture taken with <em>her<\/em> because we want that for our grandchildren. We want to be able to tell them about her, which we have; but someday, when we die, we want our great-grandkids to see this, and see her story, and know that some relatives of theirs actually stood by someone who lived that\u2014so I think making history come alive. I know someone once said, \u201cIt\u2019s hard to believe that what happens to us today is actually history.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> But it is, when we look back on it. I think that\u2019s something for us to realize.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Grandparents are the guardians of the family history as well. I remember, before my mom died, my daughter sat down with the video camera and with my mom. We still have Grandma sharing the stories of what it was like when she was a little girl and what it was like with her grandparents. That\u2019s one of those treasures that a family is <em>delighted<\/em> to have. It may be somebody that you\u2019ve had a brush of greatness with, but it may just be sharing stories about when you were growing up.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Or it may be the celebration of something like we had with my mom\u2019s parents, who were married for 50 years. I\u2019ve still got the cake topper from that celebration from their 50<sup>th<\/sup> Golden Anniversary.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You\u2019re going to pull that out here, in a couple of years, and put it on the top of your cake?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> Yes; sure.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes. I hadn\u2019t thought about doing that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> That\u2019s neat.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> But the point is: \u201cCapture it on film.\u201d It is interesting how images can be burned into a child\u2019s mind and the values that surround that image be imbedded. I just remember deeply admiring and appreciating my grandparents for making it 50 years\u2014and that was back when divorce was not much of an option and there wasn\u2019t much divorce back then\u2014but it still made a big impression upon me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We are down to our final idea\u2014you ready? This is the Number 1 Idea for grandparents.[Fanfare] And it\u2019s all yours, Nancy.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> Okay; well, I\u2019m headed for surgery in a couple of weeks. This means I am not going to be able to do a lot of activities with my grandson, and this hurts my heart. He\u2019s already discussed this with me, even though he\u2019s just four; but we\u2019re going to make a coupon book. That coupon book is going to be for things that he can ask me to do when I have recovered from my surgery\u2014like go to the park or go get yogurt\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014just different things that he and I do together or he would like to do\u2014then he will be able to use the coupon book when I can use it \/ when I\u2019m available to walk around again.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You are planting seeds for future memories with him.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nancy:<\/strong> Exactly. [Buzzer sounds]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> Can I add a bonus one?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Sure.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong> Because I really did want to share about birthday letters\u2014how that\u2019s a fun thing for grandparents to do\u2014to make a special letter on every birthday that your grandchild has. You can just try to capture, especially, what has happened in the last year. It may be some milestones that they\u2019ve crossed \/ some things that have happened. Actually, that ends up being a history of their life when you have, at least, one for every year. And if you\u2019re like me and you miss some, which I have\u2014hey, at least, you have a lot of them\u2014so you can just strive to do that. And that too\u2014you can put lots of pictures \/ you can make it creative. It\u2019s a fun thing to do.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You know, we\u2019ve gone through 11\u2014maybe 12\u2014you threw in a bonus too\u2014so a dozen ideas. When you stop and think, there are 365 ideas in this book\u2014I mean, there is a <em>lot<\/em> a grandparent can do.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> There certainly is. My charge to those of you who are parents, and not grandparents yet, is realize that a little book like this might be helpful to give <em>your<\/em> parents to help prime the pump as they think about spoiling the grandkids, going forward. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I just got a text from the Fructose Board\u2014they said you did not mention sugar once in today\u2019s program. [Laughter] They are rescinding your fructose award.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I think you need to find a way to go to Dairy Queen<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> or one of the\u2014[Laughter]\u2014or go down the aisle at the grocery store and get some\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> It\u2019s too late! It\u2019s too late\u2014you can\u2019t reclaim your fructose\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> It\u2019s right underneath\u2014we made it! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We do have copies of <em>The Grandparent Connection<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And we have gummy bears for sale too.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> No we don\u2019t! Go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, if you\u2019d like to order a copy of the book with all <em>365 Ways To Connect With Your Grandchild\u2019s Heart.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I think it would go like hotcakes, Bob, if we had a package of gummy bears go with each one of these books. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You can find the information about the book online at FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d And we can get a copy of the book sent to you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I\u2019ll look into the gummy bear offer.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You\u2019re going to be busy with other things because we have had some friends of the ministry, who have come to us recently\u2014and, in fact, we\u2019ve let our listeners know about this yesterday. December is a very critical month for our ministry\u2014it is for a lot of ministries. About one third of the money we need to operate the ministry comes in during the month of December. All month long, we\u2019ve had a $2 million matching-gift offer that we\u2019ve been letting listeners know about. Listeners have been responding, and we\u2019re grateful for that\u2014but the ante just got raised in our\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Do you want to use a gambling term on that Bob?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well politicians are using \u201cdouble down\u201d all the time these days.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Well, I don\u2019t care if it\u2019s \u201cdouble down\u201d or \u201cante\u201d\u2014it is time for you, as a listener\u2014if you\u2019ve enjoyed <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> \/ if it\u2019s benefited you, and your marriage and family, and you want this to benefit others, as well as you, going forward\u2014we need you to give.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Here\u2019s what\u2019s happened\u2014the $2 million matching-gift fund\u2014some folks heard about it \/ they said, \u201cCan we match funds as well?\u201d So the fund has now grown, and it has become a $5 million matching-gift fund. We just have from now until New Year\u2019s Eve to try to take full advantage of this <em>generous<\/em> offer from these friends.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Our friends designed this to encourage you to give and to make <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> possible on this station and hundreds of other stations around the country. Honestly, in order to be able to do this ministry, we need you to stand with us right now. When you give, you become a partner in ministry. It\u2019s not our ministry\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014it is something we do, together, as you give and you make this broadcast possible on relevant subjects like we\u2019ve talked about this month. Bob, we\u2019re all about equipping families to do marriage and family God\u2019s way and to make an impact on our world. I think, as never before, we need families to be about the King\u2019s business, here at Christmas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The exciting thing about this matching gift is that every dollar you donate is going to be matched with two dollars from the matching-gift fund.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> So if you give $50, they\u2019ll give $100\u2014that makes your gift $150.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Again, we\u2019re hoping to take full advantage of this between now and the new year. Go to FamilyLifeToday.com if you can help with a yearend contribution online; or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to make your donation over the phone. Or mail your donation to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; and our zip code is 72223.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we are going to pay tribute to somebody we said goodbye to in 2015. This was the year we\u2019ve said good bye to Elisabeth Elliott. Tomorrow, you\u2019ll get a chance to hear Elisabeth and her husband, Lars, share about their love story.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> This is not something you want to miss.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This has to be one of the top programs that we\u2019ve been a part of.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Bob and I have done over 5,000 programs together\u2014I think it\u2019s on both of our top five list.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, it is. 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