{"id":229,"date":"2026-05-23T02:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T02:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegrandmasstories.com\/?page_id=229"},"modified":"2026-05-26T22:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:30:16","slug":"the-grandmas-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thegrandmasstories.com\/","title":{"rendered":"The Grandma&#8217;s Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"229\" class=\"elementor elementor-229\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6dad56 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b6dad56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04edfc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"04edfc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Your Go To Site for Little Dog &amp; Miss Kitty (The Tailless Cat) Adventures!<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-189cf17 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"189cf17\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1eaa60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b1eaa60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thegrandmasstories.com\/index.php\/finding-christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/thegrandmasstories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cover_small_620x620.jpg\" class=\"elementor-animation-float attachment-large size-large wp-image-260\" alt=\"Little Dog &amp; Miss Kitty (The Tailless Cat) &apos;Finding Christmas&apos;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thegrandmasstories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cover_small_620x620.jpg 620w, https:\/\/thegrandmasstories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cover_small_620x620-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thegrandmasstories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cover_small_620x620-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Click For Finding Christmas<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b85cdfb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b85cdfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-252\" src=\"https:\/\/thegrandmasstories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ldamk_logo_color-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thegrandmasstories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ldamk_logo_color-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thegrandmasstories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ldamk_logo_color-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thegrandmasstories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ldamk_logo_color-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p>The Grandma&#8217;s latest Little Dog &amp; Miss Kitty Adventures are now available.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f718b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8f718b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thegrandmasstories.com\/index.php\/the-summer-storm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/thegrandmasstories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cover_small-copy.webp\" class=\"elementor-animation-float attachment-large size-large wp-image-28\" alt=\"The Summer Storm\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thegrandmasstories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cover_small-copy.webp 615w, https:\/\/thegrandmasstories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cover_small-copy-100x100.webp 100w, https:\/\/thegrandmasstories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cover_small-copy-600x609.webp 600w, https:\/\/thegrandmasstories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cover_small-copy-296x300.webp 296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Click To For The Summer Storm<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4313183 elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"4313183\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"elementor-author-box__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thegrandmasstories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ldamk_logo_color_50x50.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Jayne Craddock aka The Grandma \" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJayne Craddock aka The Grandma \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My name is Jayne Craddock, and I write under the pseudonym of<I> The Grandma<\/I>, because I made my living as the<I> Professional Tennessee Tourist.<\/I><\/p>\n<p>I photographed and wrote about my home state as Jayne Craddock at <I>tennesseetourist.com, \"Where Your Adventure Begins.\"<\/I><\/p>\n<p>The adventures of Little Dog and Miss Kitty (The Tailless Cat) came from stories I told my youngest granddaughter Emily.<\/p>\n<p>Em was born with a very rare kidney disease. I would try to give her mother a much needed break, so I would tell baby Em stories.<\/p>\n<p>They were more to calm me and entertain me while we rocked or napped as she went through the lengthy process of dialysis.<\/p>\n<p>So far I have put two of those stories on paper:<br \/>\n<I>The Summer Storm<br \/>\n &<br \/>\nFinding Christmas<\/I><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f496f7 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4f496f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f435e7 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0f435e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-float\" href=\"mailto:thegrandma@thegrandmasstories.com\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">E-Mail The Grandma<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your Go To Site for Little Dog &amp; Miss Kitty (The Tailless Cat) Adventures! 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