We Boomer Grandparents Should Consider Being Realistic About Pet Adoption and Include Our Fur Babies
Now that the new year 2024 is upon us, let us make a resolution to take care of our pets so they are cared for forever. When PopPop and I...
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Jan 34 min read
The Five Best Website Resources for Finding the Best Children’s Books For Our Grandchildren of All Ages
From a new baby registry to holiday presents to visit presents to school required reading at all ages, books connect us with our...
Aug 19, 20234 min read
Maternity Clothing Then and Now, Its Future and More For Women, Being Created, Fostered, and Modeled
When I look at the photographs of the maternity clothing my mother wore when pregnant with me in 1946 and the maternity clothing I wore...
Jul 29, 20235 min read
Reading and Writing Cursive May No Longer be Taught to Our Grandchildren: An Easy Three Step Process For Grandparents to Teach Grandchildren How to Create A Cursive Signature of Their Own
When this Grandma was a child, I remember hearing about how some would mark their signature with an X because they could not read or...
Mar 3, 20233 min read
When We Boomers, Our Adult Children, and Our Grandchildren Too, Need A Movie Bathroom Break Without
My mother insists that she toilet trained me at six months. I told her she was trained and could not go anywhere. My mother demurred....
Feb 16, 20236 min read
In Our Society, Most Teenagers and Preteens Have Seen Online Pornography, Hear Pornographic Lyrics, A Six Year Old Child Shot His Teacher, and That is Not The Worst of It
When my grandchildren are in the car with me, I always have Pop Hits I on Sirius. I want to relate to them and their music. . . or so I...
Feb 9, 20235 min read
We Boomer Grandparents Should Consider Being Realistic About Pet Adoption and Include Our Fur Babies in Our Wills and/or Create a Pet Trust for Their Care Upon Our Disability or Death
When PopPop and I were ready to adopt two kittens, we were asked if we had plans for their care after our deaths as their life expectancy...
Dec 3, 20224 min read
Boomer Grandmother’s View on Being Comfortable With The Names You Call or Don’t Call Your In-Laws, The July 2022 On-Line Survey Results, and How To Earn Extra Cash Doing On-Line Surveys
When this Grandma was a newlywed, decades ago, what to call your in-laws was a major dilemma. I did not want to offend my parents by...
Oct 2, 20224 min read
Reading and Writing Cursive May No Longer be Taught to Our Grandchildren: An Easy Three Step Process For Grandparents to Teach Grandchildren How to Create A Cursive Signature of Their Own
When this Grandma was a child, I remember hearing about how some would mark their signature with an X because they could not read or...
Jun 25, 20228 min read
Update On Best Hotel, Food, and Other Local Secrets From a Local As To Why You Should Visit Fort Lauderdale in July and Why Our New Residents From Up North Should Consider a Staycation
Standing on the beach watching the fireworks on July 4th, needing a light jacket, made me realize that visiting Fort Lauderdale in July...
Jul 3, 20215 min read
Worms in Strawberries and Levels of Filth, Mold, and Insects Allowed in Our Food By The FDA Oh My!
Growing up with Holocaust survivor parents, our refrigerator and pantry overflowed with food. So much food that there was spoilage. That...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
Nov 19, 202010 min read
Our Holocaust Family History, Part I. My Father, Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and Treblinka Concentration Camp Uprising
Our granddaughter, in eighth grade, is studying the Holocaust. We took her to Israel for her Bat Mitzvah where our Yad Vashem Museum...
Nov 12, 20208 min read
We Americans Who Are All Immigrants to Our Country Created the Fabric Of Our Society, Wear or Carry or Wave the Red, White, and Blue, So How Can we Show Our Loyalty To America?
The presidential election vote is in and shows that we are clearly divided as a nation. President-Elect Biden’s priority is for our...
Apr 29, 20204 min read
Passing Along Something Beautiful and Thought Provoking During the Coronavirus Pandemic
So many jokes and cartoons and videos come to me during this coronavirus period. They bring comic relief to this time of the coronavirus...
Apr 1, 20206 min read
Twelve Tips on How We Grandparents Can Help the Parents of Our Grandchildren Survive Home 24-7 With Their Children
This Grandma tells the parents of our grandchildren that if they lament that a grandchild is behind in a skill or learning that the...
Jan 29, 20203 min read
February 5, 2020 is World Nutella Day with Secrets and Nutella Recipes Galore to Share With Grandchildren
This Grandma is always surprised at some national day selections and was surprised that there was a National Nutella Day. I was wrong. ...
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