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So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
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There are other changes as well.
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Moving on with the current of the years.
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Moving forward now as one
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Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
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My kids called my parents Sonya Mom Mom and Sonya Pop Pop they had a dog Sonya.
Funny! My step-brother's kids call their grandmothers by the dog they had at the time, too! So, my step-mother is (for my nieces) Lady Grandma. Their mother's mother is Jo-jo Grandma.
Also, I was reminded of a friend's mom who, when my friend was pregnant with the first grandchild asked to be called "Nana Mary". My friend's response to this was "WHY on earth would you want to be called Nana Mary, you name is NOT Mary!".
Seems mom had a friend (Mary) whose grandkids called her this, and she (not Mary) loved the way it sounded!!!! Now, her grandkids call her "Gigi".
I read a book years ago by a Jewish woman. The Yiddish name for Grandmother is Bubbe. Her kids called her grandmother Double-Bubbe. I always wanted to use that!!
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My mom's parents were Gram & Gramps.
My dad's parents I don't really remember what I called them when I was with them. I know that when I talk/ed about my dad's dad I refer(ed) to him as Tom or Grandpa Tom.
My dad's maternal grandmother was Nana Booty.
My dad's biological father whom I only met a few times was just Marvin.
My step dad's parents were Grandma & Grandp Payne when I talked about them don't remember what I called them when with them.
My (now ex) stepmother's parents were Marian & Zady Ralph. I know I called him Zady or Zady Ralph but I don't remember what I called her probably Marian.
My mom's mom's brother was uncle Ken or Ken
My mom's mom's father was Grandpa Sig
My dad's mom was mamaw
My mom's side was Gram and Grandpa
My dad's side was only Papa (insert last name). I don't remember what I called his mom as she passed away when I was very young.
Brianna calls my mom and dad Ahma (she couldn't pronounce "grandma") and Papa.
Brianna calls my husband's mom and dad Nana and Papa.
My grandparents were Grampa/Gramma (last name) and when my grampa
remarried after my gramma passed my gramma was then called gramma Mabel.
My DD calls DH's parents grampa and gramma and my DM gramma. When she
is older she will start to use the last names like I did. She called my Ddad Papa
since that's what I called my Ddad growing up and I really wanted her to have
that special relationship with him.
I could be here all day explaining all my grandparents - with all the divorces and remarriages and illegitimacy... Suffice it to say I had a Grammy & Pappy (grandparents), Mammy & Pappy (great-grandparents), Gram & [insert husband of the week's name here] (grandparents), Mimi & Popop (step-grandmother & grandfather), Mum-mum (great grandmother), Gram Gladys (step-grandmother), Gram Fran & Pap Alan (step-grandfather and his second wife).
My son is no better off with all of his grandparents and their exes. My mom and her boyfriend are Grammy Debbie & Poppy Frank. My dad and his girlfriend are Poppy Neil and Miss Debbie (she's still fairly new to us). My mom's second ex-husband is Pap Kenny (who hasn't remarried yet). My dad's second ex-wife is Granny Tina and her second husband is Grandpa Dwayne. My mother-in-law and her 4th husband are Grammy Patty and Paw-paw Chuck. My mother-in-law's mom was known as Grammy Julia. My mother-in-law's 2nd and 3rd husbands who both helped to raise my husband as a child are Grandpa Ross and Grandpa Jim. My father-in-law and his second wife are Grandpa Walt and Granny Jane. Grandpa Walt's dad is still alive and kicking in Florida where he lives with his wife, but he's estranged from the rest of the family so nobody calls him anything nice. So, my son has/had 16 grandparents, 15 living. (Grammy Julia passed when I was pregnant with the boybarian.)
My dad's mom passed away before my parents met, but when I speak of her I call her Grandma Grace. My mom's mom was called Miche. (My oldest cousin on Mom's side began calling her that and all of us other grandkids followed suit.)
My DD and DNephew call my parents Dandem and Papa. DD started calling them that and when DNephew was born, my DB and DSIL used it too when they referred to my parents, so now my DNephew uses those names.
My DNeice (who lives in another state) calls them MeMaw and Papaw because that is what her mother told her to call my parents.
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I called my farthers parents grandma and grandpa my mother's mother I called granny. My grandchildren call my DH and me several different names . Grandpa grouch cause he is and I am called grams also Granddady and nae,nae. When my youngest grandson started talking he called me nae,nae and it stuck.
Both my grandfathers died before I was born. We called both of my grandmothers grandma/last name.
My daughter calls my parents grandma/grandpa last name. She called my husbands parents grandma/last name and Pop.
Liz
Mom's parents are Granny and PopPop
Dad's parents are Grandmom and Grandad
Though, I never knew my dad's father as he died when my father was a child, but I still refer to him that way. I also never knew my mom's grandfather, he died shortly before I was born, but I call him Baba, because that's what my mother called him.
I also have to say that I love seeing other people call their grandfathers "PopPop"! Now if only they would make more Fathers Day or Birthday cards with that moniker!
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Mom's parents are Granny and PopPop
Dad's parents are Grandmom and Grandad
Though, I never knew my dad's father as he died when my father was a child, but I still refer to him that way. I also never knew my mom's grandfather, he died shortly before I was born, but I call him Baba, because that's what my mother called him.
I also have to say that I love seeing other people call their grandfathers "PopPop"! Now if only they would make more Fathers Day or Birthday cards with that moniker!
We can never find cards that say "Papa" either unless it is from a little kid. SO over the years my DD and I have gotten creative for Mother's and Father's Day cards for my parents from her.
My DS calls my parents Babushka and Grandpa (the Babushka came from the fact that my mom went with me when I went back to Kazakhstan to bring DS home, and they suggested for him to call her Babushka because at the time he only spoke Russian and that way he would know who/what she was). He calls DH's parents Grandma and Grandpa.
We have a Babushka in my family. My maternal great grandfather was Russian, so his mother, my great great grandmother, was Babushka. She was such a special and strong woman that even though no one in my generation or my mom's knew her, to this day, whenever anyone in the family mentions Babushka, we all know exactly who they are talking about.
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Brianna calls my mom and dad Ahma (she couldn't pronounce "grandma") and Papa.
That's too funny! for the first few years of my life, I called my Grandma Ahma because I couldn't say Grandma, which she is now.
Even though this isn't grandparent related, I figure it's cute enought to mention. When my little sister was learning to talk she couldn't say her name, Meredith, so she'd call herself Mee-nee-nee. It was the cutest thing ever, and it still comes up today.
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Suffice it to say I had a Grammy & Pappy (grandparents), Mammy & Pappy (great-grandparents), Gram & [insert husband of the week's name here] (grandparents), Mimi & Popop (step-grandmother & grandfather), Mum-mum (great grandmother), Gram Gladys (step-grandmother), Gram Fran & Pap Alan (step-grandfather and his second wife).
Grandpa Walt's dad is still alive and kicking in Florida where he lives with his wife, but he's estranged from the rest of the family so nobody calls him anything nice. 
So, my son has/had 16 grandparents, 15 living. (Grammy Julia passed when I was pregnant with the boybarian.)
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