Eight years ago we were celebrating my daughter’s birthday. After opening all of her presents, she told my husband and me, “We have a gift for you, too.” We opened the gift bag stuffed with tissue paper and, to our delight, found a license plate holder that read, “Grandparents…Finally!!!” That’s one way to get the good news.

I’ve also heard from other grandmothers about the creative ways their children told them the big news. Here are six more ways: (more…)

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