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Can you remember eating your grandma’s homemade cookies, or going somewhere special with your grandpa? Grandparents are memory makers. Leslie Means joins us to talk about the wonderful role grandmas can have in family life. She’s here to talk about her new book, So God Made a Grandma. In today’s conversation, you’ll learn about:
6:00 Encouraging your kids to make memories with their grandparents
8:05 Is it possible to be unhurried as a parent?
12:39 Grandma, you’re so wise!
16:00 How can we warm up a cold relationship with our parents or grandparents?
22:00 The importance of creativity in motherhood
27:42 Putting parenting in perspective
Leslie Means is founder and owner of the popular website Her View From Home, which features contributor stories on motherhood, marriage, faith, and grief. She is a former news anchor, a weekly columnist, an author of the national bestseller So God Made a Mother. She and her husband have 3 children.
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