The Best Reason Our Grand babies Need More Sleep Than We Do: Chart of Sleep We Need By Age Group
This Grandma happened upon a great article on line, “How much sleep you need, depending on your age,” by Dana McMakin, May 14, 2021,...
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May 30, 20219 min read
Gray Divorce is not About What You Are Reading In the Media: Hear It From A Retired Family Court Judge
The media hoopla around the divorce of Bill and Melinda Gates is the impetus for this blog post and my sharing of my thoughts on “gray”...
Apr 17, 20215 min read
We Grandparents Want to Share That The Best Time of Life Comes After a Lifetime of Living
During the pandemic PopPop records programs to watch and I keep a list of Netflix and Amazon programming, which we cannot prerecord. ...
Apr 11, 20215 min read
Two Best Moisturizers That Take Care Of This Grandma’s Wrinkly Crepey Thighs, Skin and Neck Beautiful
This Grandma has a dear long (we never say old) friend who must have been a medicine woman in another life.Whenever I or a member of our...
Mar 17, 20213 min read
Dr. Fauci Has Spoken: We Will Possibly Be Wearing Masks in 2022 and These are the Best New Masks, In
February 22, 2021, Dr. Anthony Fauci was interviewed on CNN and said “that it’s “possible” Americans will still need to wear masks in...
Mar 7, 20219 min read
To Have the Most Access to and the Best Relationship with Your Grandchildren, Always Go First to the Parent of Your Grandchildren Who is Your Child About Any Issue
I initially wrote this blog post a few years ago, long before the word “pandemic” was in our everyday vocabulary and has taken over our...
Feb 25, 20213 min read
Weekly Zoom With the Family Is A Positive Benefit of the Pandemic
GG (Great Grandmother) Lee is 97 years old. We got her an IPad years ago as a birthday present and she is pretty proficient. Since the...
Feb 14, 20215 min read
Resilience in Ourselves and Our Grandchildren has Taken On Greater Meaning During the Pandemic
In 2014. I first wrote about building resilience in children and how we grandparents could be of assistance. Pandemics were not on my...
Jan 31, 20212 min read
When Grandma Able To Hug Grandchildren Becomes Miraculous
COVID-19. This grandma is so over it. A year out of our ives now is life changing. For we know enough to know how much of living life we...
Jan 9, 20212 min read
Emily in Paris is the 2021 Best Bad TV to Watch and Maybe Share With Grandchildren
I receive Netflix and HBO Max suggestions from friends on a daily basis during this pandemic. We grandparents are one generation older...
Dec 25, 20204 min read
School Mask Breaks And Other 2020 COVID-19 Experiences Our Grandchildren Should Preserve For Their Children and Grandchildren, Sample Questions for Videotaping Them and How To Do It
During the COVID-19 coronavirus lock down period in March and April, 2020, I interviewed our older grandchildren, two aged 13 and one...
Oct 21, 20207 min read
Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg and This Florida Judge’s Immigrant Life Following Her A Decade Later. Para
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a giant among us and her loss has been felt nationwide. The following two quotes I...
Sep 17, 20205 min read
Finding COVID-19 Testing For Adults By Mail is Easy But How Can Parents Find COVID-19 Testing by Mai
Travel is scary now enough for adults. I have several friends who have flown and send me pictures of themselves on the airplane. It was...
Sep 2, 20208 min read
PART TWO of Learning Tips to Pass On and Incorporate With Your Grandchildren During Remote or Part Time Learning and Any Time
At this time of remote or part time learning, we are all concerned about how much our grandchildren are going to retain. I hope the two...
Aug 19, 202010 min read
A New Scientific Study Shows How We Grandparents Cause Ill Will Between Us and the Parents of Our Gr
“Half of Parents Report Butting Heads with Child’s Grandparent Over Parenting,” is a new study from C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital...
Aug 12, 20209 min read
Seven Great On Line Shopping Tips During COVID-19 or Anytime to Get the Best at the Best Price
In this time of COVID-19, spending more time in our homes, we are not only cleaning closets and reorganizing, we are looking to change or...
Jul 29, 20206 min read
Let Us Not Forget We are Living Through History In the Making and The Generations That Come After Will Never Forget Us
We are living through history in the making and the generations that come after will never forget us. We are not only passively living...
Jul 8, 20209 min read
The Best and Worst About Our Grandchildren Safely Going To School This Coming School Year While the Pandemic, COVID-19, Is Still Among Us
This Grandma interviewed the three oldest grandchildren to preserve their memories about what life is like during the pandemic. The...
Jul 1, 20203 min read
A Humorous and Profound View on What We Have Learned from Covid-19: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
A friend who is an outstanding writer shared an article she wrote for her local community newsletter and gave me permission to share it...
May 6, 20207 min read
The Truth About Boomers Filling Each Day During the Coronavirus Pandemic, and Why It is Important to America’s Economy To Pay Attention to Us
It is May 2020, and we are in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19. We Boomers have been self isolating or quarantining since...
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