Grand Parenting: Leaning a Legacy, Not Just MemoriesGrand Parenting: Leaning a Legacy, Not Just Memories
Healing Courageously
Randy and Kathy Boyd talk about grandparenting as a chance to leave a deep emotional and spiritual legacy, not just fun memories and gifts. They share personal stories and practical ideas for building trust with adult children and creating meaningful, time-rich connections with grandchildren at every age.
30:41•22 Jun 2026
Grandparenting with Purpose: Leaving a Legacy Beyond Gifts
Episode Overview
- Grandparents play a distinct role by offering encouragement, wisdom, and stability without carrying daily parenting responsibilities.
- Children value time and attention more than gifts; simple moments like games, stories, and traditions often become lifelong memories.
- Healthy boundaries with adult children involve asking permission before giving parenting advice and prioritising trust over being right.
- Sharing age-appropriate stories of hardship, recovery, faith, and resilience helps build a strong spiritual and emotional legacy.
- Consistent presence, from childhood through teenage years and adulthood, shows grandchildren they always have a safe and caring place to turn.
“Your legacy isn’t what you leave your grandchildren. It’s what you leave in them.”
What drives someone to seek a life that blesses future generations, not just the next birthday or Christmas? In this warm, chatty instalment of **Healing Courageously**, Randy and Kathy Boyd turn their attention to grandparenting and how it can shape emotional, spiritual, and relational health for years to come. Rather than just swapping funny grandkid stories, they talk honestly about the unique role grandparents can play.
They contrast being the parent with being the grandparent who offers “encouragement, wisdom… and presents, without carrying all the daily responsibilities.” You’ll hear how their own grandparents were “the light of my life” and even a lifeline during hard times, showing just how powerful one caring adult can be. A big theme is choosing presence over presents. As Kathy puts it, children remember fishing trips, sleepovers under makeshift dining room table tents, and simple board games more than shiny gifts.
They sum it up with a line that’s hard to forget: “Children spell love t‑I‑m‑e.” Randy and Kathy also wade into trickier territory: boundaries with adult children. They stress supporting before advising, asking permission before offering parenting tips, and valuing relationship over being right. Their stories about being trusted in medical emergencies and discipline challenges show how respect and non-intrusiveness build that trust over time. Spiritual and emotional legacy runs through the conversation.
They talk about sharing stories of resilience, recovery, and faith at age-appropriate levels, modelling forgiveness and humility, and praying for each grandchild by name. One quote sums up their heartbeat: “Your legacy isn’t what you leave your grandchildren. It’s what you leave in them.” Whether someone already has teenagers calling them Nana or is years away from grandparent status, this chat offers simple, practical ways to be that safe, steady presence.
What small, intentional moment could they create with a child in their life this week?
Do you want to link to this podcast?
Get the buttons here!
More From This Show
The latest episodes from the same podcast.
Related Episodes
Similar episodes from other shows in the catalogue.