Pearls optional.Showing up required.
Whether they’re 1,000 miles away or just too busy for Grandma this week, you can still be the one they remember. Ideas, laughs, and done-for-you help for staying close, from toddlers to teens.
Pick where you are today
Far away, nearby but squeezed out, or somewhere in between. Every post is short enough to use on the next call, visit, or car ride.
Across the Miles
Video calls that last longer than two minutes, mail they actually open, and staying close from far away.
Small Windows
Nearby, but they’re always busy. How to make 20 minutes and a milkshake count, from toddlers to teens.
Pass It Down
Family stories, old photos, recipes, and traditions, handed down in ways kids actually enjoy.
While I’m Here
Letters and love notes for the things you want them to know, said with hope instead of tissues.
Pearls Optional
Grandma’s house, grandma’s rules, and the funny, stylish grandma you actually are.
Know them like you see them every week.
The free Grandkids Tracker gives you one page per grandchild, in four age versions: favorite color, what they’re into right now, best friend, sizes, and more. Every page has a “printed on” date, so the old ones become a little record of who they were.
Around here, grandmas
- send real mail, with stickers.
- ask better questions than “how was school?”
- wear lipstick to the Tuesday night game.
- tell the stories, especially the funny ones.
- are the soft place to land.
Who spots the light-up reindeer first?
Four hunts for four ages: a picture checklist, a points hunt, a riddle hunt, and a teen photo challenge. Play it together in the car, or from two towns apart on the same night. Instant download, print at home.
Also new: Grandkid Stats Cards, phone-size trading cards for every grandkid that you fill in with free Canva and swipe to brag.
Pull up a chair.
Grandmother On Purpose is written by a grandmother, for grandmothers. Nobody here is perfect. We just believe the little things you do on purpose add up to the ones they’ll remember.