Author Alayne Kay Christian is holding a writing contest in honor of National Grandparent’s Day on 8th September. I’m betting there are going to be some really great stories to be read! I’m thinking I may have to enter this one.
Donna L Sadd tells us a wonderful story about her husband, Bobby and his grandparents. One of the greatest gifts a kid can have is grandparents. My own grandparents, Jim and Lucy Wright were quite likely the strongest influences in my life. It’s a rare day I don’t think about them.
Enjoy Donna’s essay here.

My Grandparents, Jim & Lucy Wright
About Ol' Big Jim
Jim L Wright has been a storekeeper, an embalmer, a hospital orderly, and a pathology medical coder, and through it all, a teller of tall tales. Many of his stories, like his first book, New Yesterdays, are set in his hometown of Piedmont, Alabama.
For seven years he lived in the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, Amman, Jordan where he spent his time trying to visit every one of the thousands of Ammani coffee shops and scribbling in his ever-present notebook.
These days he and his husband, Zeek, live in a cozy little house in Leeds, Alabama. He’s still scribbling in his notebooks when he isn’t gardening or refinishing a lovely bit of furniture.
His book, New Yesterdays, can be found at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Smashwords, and Barnes and Noble.
Reblogged this on Seumas Gallacher and commented:
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I think you should enter that one. I only wish you had the chance to know my mother better. Go for it.
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I wish I’d known her better, too. Ten years isn’t enough to have a Nanny!
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