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"Emily – Thank you for letting us know about this important event. Grammy Tanda and I encourage all grandparents who have lost a child or grandchild to participate by lighting a candle at 7 PM." - Shayne Packer

National Children's Memorial Day is today, December 13th, 2009. National Children's Memorial Day takes place each year on the second Sunday of December. - Shayne Packer

Children's book author, Yvonne Perry, shares her experience as a young grandmother. - Shayne Packer

"Yvonne – I appreciate you writing this article for Grandparents TLC. I hope your Sid Series books will continue to be successful." - Shayne Packer

Here's an economical idea for your holiday gifts. Make something unique for your family using your digital photos. Homemade gifts are more enjoyable to create than buying store-bought gifts. And your family and grandchildren will cherish them. Innovative Web sites are being developed each year--fascinating, fun, easy-to-use technology that lets you produce your own creative stuff. Here's a list of great websites for grandparents. - Shayne Packer

"Thanks for mentioning my GrandparentsTLC blog. My wife and I have a 25 year old son serving a mission in Mexico City. It is amazing to see how much he has grown spiritually and in other ways." - Shayne Packer

I love creating fun videos for my grandkids. Two easy-to-use websites I use are ElfYourself and JibJab. This article shows how to create your own fun video of your grandkidsâ€"as jolly little elves! - Shayne Packer

Don’t you just love photos of your grandkids? Did you know you can use your digital photos to make unique holiday gifts for your family? Here's how to create your own fun video of your grandkids—as jolly little elves! It’s easier than you might thin - Shayne Packer

"I love creating fun videos for my grandkids. Two easy-to-use websites I use are ElfYourself and JibJab." - Shayne Packer

"As soon as I created each video, I emailed the link to it to my daughters. My grandkids watched them again and again and they all laughed like crazy. Grandparents: You are welcome to share the link to your elf video(s) in a comment here if you like! It would be fun to watch your creations. Here’s a few tips when using ElfYourself.com and JibJab.com — 1. If you need digital photos of your grandkids, ask your family to email the photos or a web link to you. You can save photos off your family websites to your computer, then upload them. 2. Before starting, create a free account at JibJab.com so it will save your “heads”, videos and pictures. 3. When you are fine-tuning the “heads”, try to make them as accurate as possible." - Shayne Packer

Don’t you just love photos of your grandkids? Did you know you can use your digital photos to make unique holiday gifts for your family? Wouldn’t you agree - Shayne Packer

"Happy birthday to Grammy Tanda—my loving wife and best friend. I admire so many things about Tanda: her talents for writing and teaching, her spiritual strength and contagious enthusiasm… She is a wonderful wife, mother, and Grammy!" - Shayne Packer

Grammy Tanda wrote a post last year which include links to our “Favorite Thanksgiving webpages for grandparents”. Some of our readers also commented with - Shayne Packer

"Kay, I’d like to personally thank you for an excellent tutorial of Picasa. I hope that our readers will give Picasa a try. I know many grandparents whose main purpose for being on the Internet is to share and view photos of their families. Amy, I’m sure your mother will enjoy Picasa." - Shayne Packer

Spending time with your grandchildren is a gift and a blessing. For grandparents who are raising their grandchildren, they receive the gift of time every - Shayne Packer

Spending time with your grandchildren is a gift and a blessing. For grandparents who are raising their grandchildren, they receive the gift of time every - Shayne Packer

CEO of the decade - Shayne Packer

A non-fiction book is built, then written. The key to finishing a book is having a plan that organizes the steps from start to finish. Learn how this ghostwriter puts a book together. This is an excellent 14 step guide. - Shayne Packer

Top 5 tech gifts for grandkids - by Shayne Packer, the Cyber-Savvy Grand - Shayne Packer

Shayne Packer, the Cyber-Savvy Grand - Grand Magazine - Shayne Packer

"LaurieBee, Stephanie, Kristi, and Becky – Thank you for sharing your experience with us. May you enjoy peace and pleasant memories. Em, Beth, and Heather – Thank you for your words of comfort and encouragement. Wayne, DrSES, and Mel – Thank you for your comments and compassion, and thanks for the links to those helpful websites." - Shayne Packer

That's quite a legacy to leave behind. - Shayne Packer

When my son Gabriel was stillborn at 21 weeks we were blindsided. I had no idea that in this age of modern medicine and in a country as prosperous as - Shayne Packer

A mom wrote this guest post to help grandparents grieve the loss of a grandchild, and also to help their child (the parent of the child) grieve as well. - Shayne Packer

"Grandparents need to do what is best for them while grieving their grandchild. And it is also important to reach out to your child (the parent of the child)." - Shayne Packer

A mom writes a guest post to help grandparents grieve the loss of a grandchild, and also help their child (the parent of the child) grieve as well. - Shayne Packer

A guest post by Emily Wilberg about helping grandparents grieve the loss of a grandchild, and also help their child (the parent of the child) grieve as well. - Shayne Packer

Grandparents need to do what is best for you while grieving the loss of a grandchild... It is also important to reach out to your child. How can you help your child who has lost a baby? For "Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Day". - Shayne Packer

"Emily – Thank you for writing about such an important subject. Many grandparents will certainly be blessed by the information you provided, as well as the links." - Shayne Packer

Today is "Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Day" - Shayne Packer