The Grandparent Chronicles

      L I V I N G    B E L O W    O U R    P R I V I  L E G E S      The story is told of an old man who cared for years for his sick wife.  After her passing, he decided to finally go on a cruise that they had both dreamed of for years!  After years of saving he had enough for the cruise but the extras and excursions would have to be enjoyed by others.  The last day of the cruise he decided that he would splurge.  He would set aside his loaf of bread and jar of peanut butter and Jam that had sustained him all week. Today he would treat himself to the buffet!  As he tried to pay for the buffet he was told that the buffet was free it's price had been included in the price of the ticket!  He could have been enjoying the buffet all week - instead, he had subsisted on peanut butter and jam !      What do we learn from this story? It's difficult to believe that he would have been so uninformed that he would not realize his cruise privileges  How could he have allowed th

H A P P Y   B I R T H D A Y    B I G   A L   ! On Monday August 6, 2018, the Al and Donna Wade Clan will honor the memory and Birthday of ALFRED BYRON WADE or A.B. or Big Al as he was affectionately called. I felt it only right that this offering of The Grandparent Chronicles be dedicated to him! Hopefully, you all have a copy of- Alfred Byron Wade Reminiscences On My Life  (from my earliest recollections to 1985) Written for My Wife ,Children and Grandchildren If you don't have a copy just send me your e-mail address and I will see that you get one. Rather than retell his life here, I think it would be wonderful if we would all gather our families for Family Home Evening on Monday August 6th and read his life story to our family members.   After the reading share and let your children share their own memories of him. Some memories my children, their spouses  and grandchildren have shared follow: All the grandkids loved him and wanted to be nea