long-distance grandparents Whatever you do, don't give up D BY KERRY BYRNE uring a recent meeting with grandparents in The Long-Distance Grandparent Society membership program, a new member asked about how to get the parents more engaged in facilitating the relationship she was trying to nurture with her grandchildren. We all shared ideas and then one of our long-standing members said: Whatever you do, don't give up. And others chimed in with the same sentiment and with stories about how the relationship can ebb and flow from a distance. And that it can feel like you are throwing spaghetti at the wall, waiting for one piece to stick. But then when it does, the consensus was that the work and the wait are worth it. Grandparenting from a distance takes extra time and effort. Those viral videos of grandparents and grandchildren sharing a moment together that we all like to watch and share reflect just one moment in time. But that viral moment of a grandchild running into their grandparent's arms didn't just happen overnight. Behind the video is a grandparent and/or a parent who prioritized the relationship. They traveled the extra mile both literally and figuratively. " 29 GRAND Winter 2022 In my research on grandparenting, one theme keeps coming up. " Continued on next pagehttps://www.facebook.com/GRANDmagazine https://twitter.com/grandmmagazine?lang=en https://kerrybyrne.kartra.com/page/YzW16 https://kerrybyrne.kartra.com/page/YzW16