Yesterday, the title of my just a'borning book surfaced in my conscious! GRAND ~ FAM ~ BOLY! a host of activities to enjoy with grandparents, great-aunts & uncles, and grand friends.
The format will be simple - not a lot of material. Maybe a baker's dozen, all focused on things to do with older family, friends, clients.
Even people who are thiscloseto older friends & relatives can be challenged at how to fill the time during a visit. Happy is the family that finds each visit with Grandpa or "Aunt" Grace flies by, with never enough time to get in all they want to do & say. Others are not so blessed. This book will be for ALL of them!
In my mind & heart, I see it as larger than a standard book. Print large enough for everyone to read. Directed to everyone. Including simple illustrations, depicting a variety of hands but NO faces. No more than a dozen projects - more could be overwhelming. Include from low- to high-tech activities, but favor the former. Keep them lively & engaging. Build interest & energy levels. Both hard copy (essential for olders) & online version. Welcome input from readers, giving any project used in future editions full credit & free copy - even if it's an idea I already have tagged for later books. Develop a presentation that building off the book & includes new material.
The first book will include all the projects Mom & I did together, like mission statements & blogging, to things we never dreamed of, like painting & creating board games. Who knew when we were having all that fun that it was groundwork for a BOOK?? Not me.
Whether connected via common genes, by heart strings, or through caring spirit, here's to EVERY grand famboly - may everyone have at least some portion of the fun & everlasting memories Mom & I shared!
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