He needed someone with a heart big enough to hold a million moments of joy and sorrow through the years…so God made a grandma.

Join Leslie Means, founder of the popular website Her View from Home, in this heartfelt follow-up to the national bestseller So God Made a Mother.

Some relationships are beautiful and full of love, support, and warmth. Some are complicated, yet still honored and transformative. All these stories, told from the perspectives of daughters, friends, grandchildren, and grandmothers themselves―will stir the hearts of anyone who’s had a grandma, who is a grandma, or who knows a grandma.

You don’t need to be a grandmother to be captivated by the stories on these pages or moved by their depth. This diverse collection of essays celebrates the women who shape us, the women we are, and the women we pray we’ll become. So God Made a Grandma is for the love-givers, the tradition-keepers, the memory-makers, and the timeless love we call our own.

So God Made a Grandma: True stories from women of all ages and stages celebrating grandmas and their enduring legacy of faith, love, and family.


- Makes a perfect gift for any woman in your life—including yourself.