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Welcome to my Fellow Grandmas

And welcome to Life Balance After 50. Dedicated
to active women over 50 who have and continue
to put family first but are also looking for other
ways to branch out and redefine different aspects
of our lives.

I started this blog right after I returned home from

moving my 80+ year old mother from 4 hours
away to live close to us. My mother in law lives
with us full time and my dad and stepmom live
with us during the summer. I was balancing a
job, senior parents, and wanting to get with my
grands every second I could. Not to mention
trying to squeeze a date night in here and there Me, Chris, and the Grands
with my husband whenever possible! 
I had always wanted to write and had never done it. And, on that drive home, I decided that
it was time for me to do this thing that I had always wanted to do. Write for my tribe of
women and create useful content that would help all of us as we move into our second half
of life.

Creating my grandma journal along with keeping an ongoing letter

for each of these precious littles will be a big part of this journey
for me. In this guide I've included journal prompts and ideas to get
you started, as well. Take it and run with it! And keep me in the
loop! I can't wait to see what you come up with!

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Why?
As my grandchildren get older, I’ve noticed that they have started asking questions and
love to hear stories. About what things were like “back when you were little Yammi.”
Stories about their dads. And stories about they themselves when they were teeny tiny..

Although I’m not old (and I’m not sure at what age I will say I am), I am at a point where
I want to start documenting these things so that my grands have a narrative to look
back on when I’m no longer here or able to tell the stories. I want them always to know
how much I loved them. How much I loved being a mom and a grandma. I want them to
know about me so that they can tell their children about me.

I loved both of my grandmothers so very much. What I wouldn't give right now to
have a "document" or a recording of them. Something that I can go back and read
over and over or listen to again and again. Something that I can share with my
grandchildren - their great great grands!

We want our grands to see us for who we really are! Our quirks. What we love and
hate. Our hopes, dreams and fears. What our lives were like when we were little.
All of it!

This will take time and the story is ongoing. Our journals and open letters will be true
labors of love. Writing them will make us stop and think about how good life really is
and was.....yes, there was bad stuff and the kids need to hear those stories too. But
there was a lot of good.

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Journal Prompts About

You
1) When were you born and what was life like?

2) What did you do for fun when you were a kid?

3) Who was your best friend when you were a kid? When you were in high school? What
did you do for fun in high school?

4) What did you want to be when you grew up? What did you end up doing?

5) What is your favorite thing that you’ve done in your life?

6) What were my great grandparents like? What did you love to do with them?

7) What’s something that you didn’t do that you wish you had?

8) What’s something that you did that you wished you hadn’t?

9) Tell me about my grandfather?

10) If there was one piece of advice that you’d want to give me, what would it be?

12) What made you the happiest?

13) What made you the saddest?

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Journal Prompts About Their

Parents and Aunt/Uncles
1) What did they like to play when they were kids?

2) Did they fight?

3) Tell me about a time when my mom/dad got in trouble. What did they do?

4) What were there like as babies? Toddlers? Teenagers?

5) What did you like best about being a mom?

6) What was their favorite food?

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Journal Prompts About Them!

1) Tell me about when I was born. Were you there? What did you think when you first
saw me?

2) Tell me your favorite memories of me growing up.

3) What songs did you sing to me?

4) What is your favorite memory of us together?

5) Share with me your favorite recipe

6) How did you find out that you were going to be a grandma? How did you feel?

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Writing a Letter
Writing a letter to your grandchildren is
a wonderful way to let each one
individually know how special he or she
is to you and why. While the grandma
journal is a comprehensive document for
the grandkids as a whole, the letter is
special to each grandchild.

My letters are ongoing. They let each

child know how old they are when I've
started.

Ideas to Include In Your Letters:

What you love about them - the story of your first time with them, their personality,
their strengths
Tips and "rules" to get them through life
An "Always Remember" section
Your favorite memories with them throughout the years
Your hopes and dreams for them
Fun stories about their parents;
Updates throughout the years as life events happen
And it's hard to think about, but a "farewell" section

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 Grandmothers
are voices of the
past and role models
of the present.
Grandmothers open
the doors to the
future
~Helen Ketchum