23rd July: Gorgeous Grandma Day

On July 23rd Gorgeous Grandma Day recognizes all women of a certain age whether they are grandmothers or not. Alice Solomon created Gorgeous Grandma Day in 1984 to honor women of a certain age. It’s a time to recognize their accomplishments and their abilities. Not all women become grandmothers. Those who do, don’t necessarily fit the traditional mold any longer.  Others still reach a point where many assume grandmother status, even though no grandchildren are about. Gorgeous Grandma Day embraces the age of the nana and encourages all women to flaunt their granny attitudes with purpose and style.

While some grandmas fit the traditional mold with gray hair and cookie-baking, home-making, hug-giving, child-spoiling energy to spare, many grannies sport a whole new role. Many take to the part of grandma to the children in their lives. Now that you know the day exists, hopefully you are already making plans to spend it with your own gran. No matter what your grandmother prefers to do with her time, this is the day in which you can be sure she will have plenty of time to do it – and plenty of people willing to support her.