Celebrating Grandparents
By: Paula De Angelis

  When I was growing up, my Grandma DeAngelis lived with us. I never really thought twice about it.  As an only child, it meant always having a playmate around.  Only this one would teach me how to make pasta, and she’d braid my hair and she’d listen to me talk or sing or whatever.  It wasn’t until she passed and I was 10 years old, that I truly realized how lucky I was to have her there.

      Today, my mom watches my only child, as I walk out the door for work every morning. And I can see what an influence she has on his life.  “Grannie” is his best bud! 

    I looked up some U.S. census information and found that in 2005, 30% of children under five, whose mom’s worked outside the home, were being cared for on a regular basis by a grandparent.  In 2007, the U.S. census found that 6.2 million grandparents had grandchildren under the age of 18 living with them.

    It’s time to say “thanks’. Fr. Paul D. Seil, host of Our Daily Bread does just that.  This month, Gloria Lavin who has been a Foster Grandparent for years, teaches Fr. Paul how she prepares one of her “angels” favorite dishes, Mac and Cheese.

    Also in the kitchen with Fr. Paul are Grandpa Joe and Great Grandma Jeanette Urbaniak who show Fr. Paul how they prepare a quick tuna sandwich and fruit for their hungry group of children.

    It's grandparent’s day on Our Daily Bread, join us Saturday January 14, at 5:30 a.m.  and noon on WKBW-TV Ch. 7. Check the recipe section for all the day’s recipes, and remember to check our Facebook page as well.