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many years ago, a small group of people from West Virginia began a campaign to
set aside a special day for Grandparents. It took five years for Congress to pass
the legislation proclaiming the first Sunday after Labor Day as National Grandparents
Day. September was selected for this day to symbolize the “autumn years”
of life.
I have been very fortunate to have my
grandparents as a large part of my life. Growing up, I lived close to my paternal
grandparents and have great memories of the times I spent with them as a child.
Moving away to college put me close to my maternal grandparents. so I was able
to get to know them even better than once a year visits had previously allowed.
My grandparents came from very different areas of the country and have very different
backgrounds. They had different life experiences and it has been fascinating to
learn about the branches of my family tree, through them.
My
paternal grandmother is 98 years old and, as you can imagine, has seen an immense
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amount of change in her lifetime. While
we don’t have scrapbooks, my family is fortunate to have some pictures and
lots of written information about her life. But still, there are times I wonder
about the things she saw and did and wish I knew more.
So,
when I look at the scrapbooks I have sitting on my shelves, I remember that someday
I may have a granddaughter or grandson who will want to know where Grandma traveled
to, what it was like to see the Olympics, what she did for work, or what were
her favorite things.
Think about the questions
you want to ask your grandparents and then answer them yourself. Celebrate National
Grandparents Day by learning more about your grandparents or making sure that
your children and grandchildren will be able to learn about you and your life
through the records that you keep in photos and writing. 
Michelle@LetteringDelights.com
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Congratulations
to Paige Kelly of Quincy, CA for creating this month's winning alphabet, Paradise.
Additional winners this month include Rack
'Em, by Jennifer Rising from Traverse City, MI; Realtor
by Kayla Kerr of Phoenix, AZ; Cloissone
by Monica Southworth of New York City; Library
by LaDonna Wilkens of Georgetown, IN and Cirque
by Anesa White of Fayetteville, AR.
All of this month's winning alphabets are
shown below and can be purchased together in the August
2004 bundle - - a great purchase at only $10 for all 6 alphabets! | | 
We
received another great set of entries for Inspiration Station this month. For
those of you who voted, you know how difficult it was to choose!
This month's
winner, Roller
Coaster, was sent to us from France by Brigitte Ciarella. Brigitte used the
Journaling Delights set 'Fair'
to create letter boxes for her winning layout. Amanda
Lynn Aidan Phair by Dawn Barker, is the second place entry and features the
Patient
ID alphabet.
Finalists include The
Art of Spitting Seeds by Jeanne Lawson from Spencer, VA; Oh,
You Beautiful Doll by Pam Hyer of Tooele, UT; Snips
& Snails by Christine Gunderson of West Jordan, UT and The
Sweetest Kids by Darlene Parissi from Arcadia, PA.
Inspiration
Station gives us a great chance to see what you have done with Lettering Delights
products and to share your ideas with others. Information on submitting
entries is always available on our website and each month, Lettering Delights
Insider will also include a reminder. | | 
 | "In
what year did the United States Congress pass legislation proclaiming the first
Sunday after Labor Day as National Grandparents Day?" Send your
answer to fontrivia@LetteringDelights.com
with ‘grin & win’ on the subject line. All correct answers will
be entered in a random drawing to receive your choice of the Scrapbook Snips,
Borders & Backgrounds or Typing Delights CDs. | Congratulations
to Tina Timsley(Peoria, AZ), Karen Wray (Clermont, FL) and Debbie Bastion (Coquitlam,
BC - Canada) all of whom answered last month’s trivia question correctly.
They found out that 21 million Americans celebrated a birthday in the month of
August. | | 
| Welcome to September's edition of Personal Trainer. Periodically
in customer support we get asked how many fonts or alphabets we have available
on our website. Or, how do I look at just the alphabets? The LetteringDelights.com
website has a very easy way to show just fonts, alphabets etc. The following link
has simple steps to show you how to accomplish this. Click
here for simple step by step instructions | 
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come on over to LetteringDelights.com
and see the new look, our continuing specials and the new contest entries on the
10th. Be sure to bring along a friend. |
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