Every year, choosing the winner and the top 20 among thousands of entries becomes more and more difficult: The stories written by nominators are as varied, compelling and individualistic as the nominees themselves. We received nominations from every US state and from five other countries; the grands were nominated by husbands and wives, daughters and daughters-in-law, grandchildren and friends. In choosing our winners, we read compassionate stories of grands who are raising their grandchildren, grands who are active in their grandchildren’s lives despite disabilities, grands who moved ways from comfortable lives in order to live closer to their grandchildren, grands who juggle work and family, grands who are teachers of life, spiritual guides, role models, advocates for the rights of others, peacemakers and adventurers. The stories remind us all of what a privilege it is to work with a readership whose commonality is love. And we thank you. |
| Grand Prize Winner |
"I believe the Lord blesses us with grandchildren only to keep us moving. I have osteopenia in my legs-sometimes my legs hurt-but with the kids, I have to keep moving; and when I'm moving, the pain goes away. So instead of sitting, feeling sorry myself, on the weekend I'm at the park, going up the slides, coming down, chasing them around, and bike riding." |
| Finalists |
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