as to watching grandmas go downhill…my paw paw just had really bad cancer, and maw maw isn’t doing well either. it is hard to realize that they are old and in mortal bodies. that they may not be there someday when we go up to ohio. i am close to my grandparents, but i still have that regret that i only see them twice a year too. christmas and summer. pretty sad.

thank you for your post. it got me thinking.

Mels, that’s the only other “nanyy” I’ve evr heard of. I have a vague memory of wishing we called her something that began with the letter “G” like everyone else :o)

Tim, I’m glad this post was in some way an encouragement to you. I wish you the best in the Lord with your own circumstances.

interesting that you should bring up the grandma names. i just had a conversation with rolf about that the other day. (he may already be a grandpa by now… his daughter was supposed to give birth yesterday.)

growing up, i had some friends from church who called their grandma nanny. my grandma has always been “grandma” since i never knew my mother’s mother. since my brother is older than i am (and the oldest grandson), he was the one who got to name some of other relatives. for example, my mother’s father was always ol’ bud. and my mother’s grandmother was g.g. (for great-grandmother?) anyway, what i think is really cute now is that my niece calls my father’s mother g.g. too. funny how people get their names.