In 1970 Marian McQuade began a campaign to set aside a special day each year just for grandparents. Nothing in my internet research has led me to believe she worked for Hallmark. In 1978 Congress passed legislation proclaiming the first Sunday after Labor Day to be National Grandparents Day (the lack of possessive punctuation in the name bothers me and I may have added an apostrophe to the cards Adam sent out). This proclamation was signed by President Jimmy Carter (pretty sure he didn’t work for Hallmark either).

All Hallmark joking aside, I really would like to wish a very happy Grandparents Day to all of Adam’s grandmas, grandpas, and great-grandparents. He’s pretty lucky to be surrounded by so many people that love him. And we’re thankful for that every day of the year, not just the first Sunday after Labor Day.