The Hartley Sentinel-The Everly/Royal News - Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

It has been said that grand parenting is the reward for putting up with your children all those years. Some have said they wished they could have gone to grand parenting right away, and skipped raising their own children. I believe those statements both have merit.

Thinking back, I have a lot of memories of my grandparents. Part of the reason is that they lived nearby, and we saw them quite often. Our farm was located less than five miles away from my Hembd grandparents, and about 12 miles away from my Brockshus grandparents. We would often see each other during the week, and usually on Sunday...