If you cannot get to see your grandmother anywhere near as often as you would like, here are some simple tips that will help to keep you in the good books.
Call a florist, and send her a bunch of flowers with a card, for no reason at all. As this will be unexpected, she will really appreciate the gift, and your character standing will go up in her estimation.
Writing a letter and keeping her up to date with what is going on in your life is also a lovely way to do something nice for your grandmother. She will feel that she is being "kept in the loop," and not being excluded from the family or family activities. A quick (or a long) phone call is also an easy, and nice way of keeping in contact with your grandmother, and it is sure to be appreciated. If you have the time and the means, drop in for a visit as a nice thing to do.
You can either sit down with a cup of tea and some biscuits, and have a really good catch up time, or offer to take her out. Visits and outings are always a nice way to keep you grandmother happy. Take her out shopping, and then find a coffee shop to sit down and have a drink, and find out what is going on in her life. It is too easy to over-look the fact that your grandmother has a life as well. She will really appreciate the fact that you are interested in what is going on in her life, instead of just prattling on about your own day-to-day activities. Some other places you could take her to are a park, a popular tourist attraction, a look-out, a coffee shop, or a Senior Citizen's Outing.
So, in summary, don't live life your own life as if you are the centre of the universe. Keep in mind that there are other people in your life, and your your grandmother is one of them. Being elderly, she may begin to feel that she has been "forgotten" in the hurry and scurry of normal family life, but at the same time, do not expect too much from her, as she may have a busy social life, or have a lot of activities around her neighborhood that she has initiated for herself.
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