A Message From Helen’s Grandson
Hi everyone. I grew up listening to my grandmother laughing with her best friend Margaret on the phone. Grandma was never at a loss for words and her stories were priceless. Then Margaret moved to Maine…
I started this blog for my grandmother for two reasons. First, I wanted to capture her words and stories for our family to have as a tribute to her for many years to come. I told her it would be like scrapbooking with a computer. Second, I thought it might give her something fun to do with her friend and keep her young at heart. I think it is working.
I encourage you to consider starting a blog for yourself or your family. It’s easier than you think. Just go to www.wordpress.com and follow the directions. It’s free. I think there are other blog services out there as well. And if you have someone like Helen in your life, it doesn’t take long to show them how to do it. Trust me, you’ll never regret it regardless of what they blog about.
I never thought it would get this popular because there are lots of blogs out there (like my personal one) that never get seen by more than just the blogger(s) who write them. However, if you are worried about that, it is very easy to make your blog private or only available to an approved list. So don’t be scared. Get your own blog and then get your parents and even your grandparents to start blogging as well. Your family will have a keepsake for years to come.
Happy blogging.
With love to my “cool” Grandma,
Matthew
PS. If you do have a Helen in your life and she has a blog, post a link below. I know Maraget and Helen will enjoy reading them.
This is hysterical. Love it.
By: Pam Beers on April 30, 2013
at 6:32 PM
You know you are a wingnut when… you are RIGHT of FOX NEWS
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/23/why-tea-partiers-are-boycotting-fox-news.html
By: lori on March 25, 2013
at 9:55 AM
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By: find out more on March 25, 2013
at 9:08 AM
Ever wonder why the donations page makes it clear that the dear grandson won’t share a penny of the donations with Helen or Margaret?
Because it would be felony consumer fraud to accept donations under the pretense they are going to fictitious people.
By: Anonymous on March 13, 2013
at 11:16 PM
Hi, Kara – And welcome to the Porch!
One of the best comments I read, somewhere else, in reply to an article about how Mittens was assuring a bunch of Republicans that he’s “not going away,” but will still be available to “help” (!?), was…
“Oh, drat! I was hoping he was going to put himself out of our misery.”
Dontcha love it?
Gato
http://www.partyandsoul.wordpress.com
By: gatodicima on January 27, 2013
at 9:31 AM
I just stumbled upon your blog today as I was obsessing about Mitt and Ann Romney – I’ve worked with their sniveling little liar of a nephew and adored your comments about the whole damn family.
Anyway, now that I’ve been introduced to your great stories and style, I’ll be a big fan. I sent the link on to other friends of mine – the 4 other liberals here in Utah.
By: Kara on January 26, 2013
at 6:40 PM
crockehm.wordpress.com for Helen and Terry’s blog as they travel in the USA, Winter 2013
By: crockehm on January 4, 2013
at 8:58 PM
http://antoniasseniormoments.blogspot.com/
I aspire to be more like Margaret and Helen…..Great work!
Antonia
By: Antonia on December 8, 2012
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Margaret and Helen…… I love your blog…. I am 53 and wish I could tell my yourg adults the way you do…..you both have BALLS……
By: Anonymous on November 27, 2012
at 6:24 PM
It’s Thanksgiving and I’ve just come across your blog… It’s been making me smile for the past 10 m I’ve been reading it. Actually it got me running on a whole bunch of emotions and thinking, since I don’t have my grandmas or mom anymore, how cool would it be to be as cool of a mom or grandma one day! We have a blog, pearoo.com, and we have a Emma, who got her own section in it, rootopia. We really love it. That being said, I look forward to reading more of M&H. Happy Thanksgiving!
By: Lizzie D on November 22, 2012
at 7:25 PM
Great stuff! I blog about boring stuff like Real Estate in Northern Virginia! This is a whole lot more fun! Keep up the great work!
By: Chuck Rifae on November 20, 2012
at 12:53 PM
OMG! I just found you! Don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere!
By: Carolyn Baker Laver on November 8, 2012
at 12:35 PM
Just came across your blog and I will be one of your newer followers!!! Ladies, I wish I had found your earlier. Keep it up.
By: lizstaats on November 8, 2012
at 9:35 AM
My sister (chronologically close to M&H) led me to this blog. I think it’s wonderful. I think Margaret and Helen are wonderful, and I think you, Matthew are a wonderful grandson. Your affection for your Grandma and her best friend shines through everything you do here.
Keep up the great work, you three!
Rob
By: Regie, or Not Regie? on October 25, 2012
at 10:00 AM
Hello to Helen and Margaret! A friend posted Margaret’s rant about Mitt Romney and I absolutely loved it!
Both of my grandmothers were named Margaret. Given that I was I was their first grandchild of either side AND that I am female, it was decided that I, too, would be another Margaret. I even had two Aunt Margie’s, one my father’s sister, the other my Mother’s sister. I have a cousin known as Margie, too!
When I read something about having a Helen in my life, I decided to write! Yes, I had an Aunt Helen, my Mother’s older sister. Helen and my Aunt Rita lived together and never married, so they showered their nieces and nephews with lots of love, trips, and generous gifts over the years.
Alas, that whole generation is gone. And my generation lost my sister Mary Ellen last year. She was 53, the same age as our mother was when she died in 1976.
So, I am Peg and I’m 64. I was “Little Peggy Anne” when I was very small, best said with a bit of an Irish accent. That evolved into just Peggy. When I started working professionally, i chose to be just Peg.
I had a stroke in 1998 and I drive an electric scooter to get around, too.
You sound like such lovely ladies!
By: Peg Shambo on October 24, 2012
at 3:51 PM
Hi kids — just shared your latest on Facebook. Great stuff!
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By: gina on October 4, 2012
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My amazingly witty grandfather has a website of his stories, drawings, and photos from his past as well as from an alternate universe. Originally he started it to lure ladies (Grandma passed a few years ago, and sometimes makes appearances in his drawings), but I think its more for his entertainment now!
Check it out at:
http://guerden1010.webs.com/
By: audradarbyshire on September 10, 2012
at 7:39 AM
I love Margaret and Helen. Every blessed time I see a new post from them it makes my day.
The Margaret half of my blog’s Margaret and Helen line-up is my Five-Year-Old daughter, who asks the most entertaining questions, like “Did dinosaurs have bellybuttons?” and “How did they make old-timey ketchup?”
I blog about life with The Five-Year-Old at caterpickles.com. It would be an honor to have Margaret and Helen stop by. Regardless, keep blogging ladies! You always lift my spirits. Thank you!
By: Shala Howell on September 7, 2012
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