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Our Love Affair With the ‘Grands’

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Our Love Affair With the ‘Grands’
Anita Sherman delights in her grandbabies. Here they share the couch and much laughter. Pictured (L-R) Ada, Maria, Anita, Harrison and Piers. Courtesy of Anita Sherman
Anita L. Sherman
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Sunday, Sept. 12, is National Grandparents Day. It was signed into law by President Jimmy Carter in 1978.

While there were others, Marian Lucille Herndon McQuade is generally considered the main driver behind a day to honor grandparents. A West Virginia housewife, she lobbied effortlessly (along with help from her husband, Joseph McQuade) to educate people on the unique and important role that grandparents play in the lives of their grandchildren.

Anita L. Sherman
Anita L. Sherman
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Anita L. Sherman is an award-winning journalist who has more than 20 years of experience as a writer and editor for local papers and regional publications in Virginia. She now works as a freelance writer and is working on her first novel. She is the mother of three grown children and grandmother to four, and she resides in Warrenton, Va. She can be reached at [email protected]
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