{"id":74,"date":"2011-07-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/public-staged.consumercellular.com\/blog\/dont-forget-to-tell-us-your-story\/"},"modified":"2023-01-12T08:08:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T16:08:33","slug":"dont-forget-to-tell-us-your-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/dont-forget-to-tell-us-your-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t forget to tell us your story!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fwINgu-x9dk\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Our second annual&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/\">Grandparents Day contest<\/a> is winding down but you still have time to enter and vote. Just write an essay or make a video, tell us about your &#8220;grandparenting&#8221; experience and submit your entry before August 1st.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re not sure what to say or how to say it, I encourage you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/\">visit our Gallery page<\/a> for ideas. Don\u2019t forget to watch the video entries&nbsp;we\u2019ve already received. Making a video is a lot easier\u2014and more fun\u2014than it sounds.<\/p>\n<p>To whet your appetite, here are a few of my favorite comments so far this year:<\/p>\n<p>In her essay, Susan said, &#8220;It is a tremendous privilege to be a grandparent and be able to relive your child\u2019s years through their children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Teresa told us, &#8220;I love my grandsons\u2026 best of all, they\u2019ve welcomed Grandma into their gang\u2014letting me pretend that I\u2019m a tomboy again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Frank\u2019s essay included this gem that spans generations and packs a wallop: &#8220;My grandfather survived the Holocaust and created a new life for himself in the United States, making it all possible for me to write this story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Carol summed up what many felt by saying, &#8220;When you become a grandparent you never expect to love something so much and so hard with so much pleasure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Our grand prize winner will get a chance to create new family stories and memories with a free six-night Caribbean cruise for four provided by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.expedia-aarp.com\/\">AARP Travel Center powered by Expedia\u00ae. <\/a>Second place will get four roundtrip airline tickets to anywhere in the continental United States. And third place will earn a two-night stay for four at any Marriott property in the continental U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s top prize winner, Pam Payne, thanked us for what she called &#8220;a vacation of a lifetime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d like to thank Pam, as well as all our contestants for being successful grandparents, parents, or grandchildren. Connecting with your family across generations is a <i>vocation of a lifetime<\/i>. And as the #1 rated no contract wireless provider, Consumer Cellular is proud to help make such connections possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our second annual&nbsp;Grandparents Day contest is winding down but you still have time to enter and vote. Just write an essay or make a video, tell us about your &#8220;grandparenting&#8221; experience and submit your entry before August 1st. 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