Barbara Graham
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Barbara Graham is a columnist for Grandparents.com and the editor of Eye of My Heart: 27 Writers Reveal the Hidden Pleasures and Perils of Being a Grandmother (Harper, 2009). She is a frequent contributor to O: The Oprah Magazine and has written for Glamour, More, National Geographic Traveler, Redbook, Time, and Vogue. Also, Graham's plays have been produced in New York and around the country. She lives with her husband in Washington, D.C., and has one grandchild.

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Let Grandparents Have Their Say On Grandparents Day

Posted September 13, 2009 | 10:02:13 (EST)

Here's the story: Thirty years ago Marian McQuade, an upstanding West Virginia housewife -- mother of 15, grandmother of 40! -- helped convince President Jimmy Carter to sign a proclamation declaring every second Sunday in September National Grandparents Day.

Nice idea, but have you ever heard of this holiday?

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Are You The Left Out Grandparent?

Posted April 21, 2009 | 11:58:39 (EST)

Originally posted on Grandparents.com

So I'm sitting downstairs in the living room feeling useless while upstairs my daughter-in-law and her mother scurry about, attending to the new baby girl who has just arrived home from the hospital. I have been a grandmother for five days, and this is my...

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