GRANDFATHER…GRANDPA… PAPA…PAW PAW… GRAMPY…GRAMPS…BIG DADDY …GRANDDADDY…
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PePa

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU CALL HIM, HE IS PROBABLY THE STRONGEST “IN YOUR CORNER” "YOU CAN DO IT" PERSON YOU WILL EVER HAVE IN YOUR LIFE…BAR NONE!

Being the husband of the founder of this organization and the grandfather (PePa and PaPa) of fifteen grandchildren...I feel it gives me permission to say, “Grandpa can be a wonderful part of a child's life”.

It is very true that raising a family is the single most important privilege in which you will ever be allowed to participate. You can look the world over and search your heart completely, but at the end of the day… FAMILY IS EVERYTHING …IT IS THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY MATTERS.

 If you can make yourself think ahead to the day OF YOUR DEATH…Now, on that very day, will anything be so important that you would rather have it…than your family? I think if you really allow yourself to feel what that day might feel like, you will agree with us, NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN FAMILY! NOTHING!!!

I have watched other grandfathers helping with their grandchildren and they like me enjoy the pleasure they bring us. They all say the same thing, “my grandchildren are everything to me. They love us unconditionally like no one ever has. We get to do all the fun stuff without the responsibility."

We also know that into today's world, nothing is as it should, we do not live in a perfect world. Grandfathers and Grandmothers are raising their grandchildren at an alarming rate. Do we grandfathers think it is right, no we do not, but we also believe that our grandchildren belong with family when the parents aren't able or refuse to raise them.

One of my wife's favorite sayings
“If I had known grandchildren were gonna be this much fun, I would have had them first!”

I can tell you that being a grandfather has given my an opportunity to make up for being a young father. All young fathers have the same problem; they love their children more than anything in this world…they also find themselves more times then not, living their lives without their children in their lives. After raising my two sons and one daughter...then helping with two step-sons, I can tell you from the bottom of my heart, the older you get the easier it is.

I would like to take this time to say to my sons, daughter and step-sons, I love you. I do realize that as I have gotten older, so have you…and our relationship has changed as our years have climbed. As I continue to get older, so will you…and as we grow older together…so will your children. I have done the best I could at being your father, your step-father and a grandfather to your wonderful children. I pray that God will give you the same strength to grow old that he has so graciously given me. I pray that he will give you the guidance to become a grandparent and love your grandchildren as I love your children now.

If grandfathers are allowed to love their grandchildren… they will give them memories that they will never forget. They will share things with them that no one else can…and they will teach them things that no other family member has lived long enough to know.

We would like to invite you to join us in our stand for father's rights, the rights of their children and for the rights of those wonderful grandparents.

You may click “ Who Knows Best ” or “ Who You Count On ” or “Why We Love Them” on the right of this screen and begin to post your feelings. It is time we let the world know who we are, why we fight and why they can count on us.

Where Fathers are the Security of the family, grandfathers are the stability. Let it happen, you will never regret it, and your children will never forget it!