What Do Your Grands Call You?

What do your grandchildren call you? Are you, Grandma, Nana, Memaw, or something entirely unique? A friend told me his grandchildren called their grandma, "G-Money" - they didn't know why, and a reader once told me when her grandchildren were little they called her, "Dave" - again, no one knew why! When my grandsons were little they called me, “Ga” - I loved being “Ga”! Now they call me, Grandma or Grandmother and I love them, too!

If you lived in another country (or have another country in your heritage) you might be called . . .

* Afrikkans: Ouma

* Cherokee - E-Ni-Si

* Chinese: NaiNai

◦ French: Grandmere

◦ German: Oma

◦ Greek: YaYa

◦ Hawaiian: Tutu

◦ Italian: Nonna

◦ Japanese: Oba-chan

◦ Ojibway - Nookmis, Nookomis

◦ Russian: Babushka

◦ Spanish: Abuela

◦ Yiddish: Bubbe

So . . . what do your grandchildren call you?