Grandma Says Extend the movie Annie’s Message As A 2015 New Year’s Resolution
The mother of the youngest grandchildren said that the seven year old grandson wants to see the movie, Annie, when he comes to Florida...
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Dec 29, 20143 min read
Social Media is Changing the Grandparenting Landscape but Not As Much as the Parenting Landscape
My eleven year old grandson had just arrived for Thanksgiving. He was sitting on the couch smiling and burst into laughter. This Grandma...
Dec 27, 20145 min read
Grandma’s Meaning of Old and Cold and Researching Slowing Time Leads to a Future Goal
An arctic blast has covered most of the U.S. Every state is cold. Being the Grandma in South Florida, just under sixty degrees means...
Dec 25, 20142 min read
Marking Grandma’s Visits to Grandchildren with Special 2015 Children’s Calendars
Grandchildren always want to know when grandma is coming to visit or they are coming to visit this Grandma in Florida. There are so many...
Dec 19, 20142 min read
Most Popular Baby Names of 2014 Give Us More Information Than We Realize
This Grandma loves when the Today Show and other news media advertise the Baby Center winners of most popular baby names of the year....
Dec 11, 20143 min read
The Red Tent is Fiction But the Consequences Are Real When Circumcision Benefits Outweigh the Risks
This Grandma read the book, “The Red Tent,” but does not remember it, other than the book being enthralling at the time. Now watching...
Dec 8, 20144 min read
It Does Matter if a Grandchild is Left Handed and Their Mother is Right Handed or if the Grandchild is Right Handed and Their Mother is Left Handed
When this Grandma’s first daughter was born, it was quickly clear that the child was left handed. I am right handed. GG (great...
Dec 7, 20143 min read
Long Distance Grandma Thinks Creatively When Celebrating the Holidays with the Top Four Tips for Making Holidays Joyful
Holidays with the Top Four Tips for Making Holidays JoyfulSince the birth of the oldest grandchild, this Grandma realized that...
Dec 1, 20142 min read
Visit a Local Farm With Grandchildren
When we were on our last visit with the younger grandchildren, we were contemplating what to do for a special outing. We and they had...
Nov 28, 20144 min read
The Difference Between First and Second Born Children and Food Rules for Toddlers
“Fod Rules for Toddlers May Lead to Healthy Eating Habits,” is all over the news media. A study was done at the University of Buffalo on...
Nov 21, 20142 min read
This Grandma Knew It Was Bound to Happen: “How an iPhone Can Lead to Broken Bones for Young Children”
When I saw the title, I immediately thought of the toddler who know the ins and outs of an iphone and is playing with it while on the...
Nov 7, 20143 min read
Grandma Lessons to Be Learned When We “Shake It Off”
Taylor Swift seems to write all her songs about her lost loves and what she has learned from those experiences. Her new song, “Shake It...
Nov 5, 20143 min read
How the Pill and Now Egg Freezing Impacts Grandmas In Ways We Failed to Consider
This Grandma was in the first generation that had the pill. I remember my mother lamenting that she would not get to be a young...
Nov 3, 20143 min read
Does Hair Color Define Who We Are as Boomer Grandmas: Are We in Renee Zellwegger’s or Frances McDormand’s Corner
This Grandma recently went to an event with a long (we never say old) friend where the entire female audience seemed to be of Boomer age....
Oct 29, 20142 min read
Giving Birth with Epidurals Has Come a Long Way and the New Studies Have Good News for Pregnant Moms
This Grandma gave birth to her first child under anesthesia, “twilight sleep,” it was called in the early 1970s. I remember nothing of...
Oct 26, 20144 min read
Are Our Grandchildren Going to Have Animals Left in the World and What Does this Mean for Our Great-Grandchildren
Grandpa and I recently took our two youngest grandchildren to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., primarily to see the pandas, which...
Oct 20, 20143 min read
Grandma Teaching Tolerance and Acceptance With A Smile
Recently, I was relating to a friend a wonderful and memorable day I had spent with my then near three year old grandson intending to...
Oct 18, 20143 min read
When Another Spate of Contemporaries Die, this Boomer Grandma Gets Moving
An old wives tale says bad news comes in threes. Well, this Boomer Grandma is up to four recent deaths of contemporaries. Robin Williams’...
Oct 16, 20145 min read
This Grandma Now Thinks We can Build Resilience in Our Grandchildren
This Grandmother is a child of Holocaust survivors. As adolescents and young adults, my parents survived horrors that are unbelievable...
Oct 14, 20145 min read
Two New Easy Ways for Boomers To Measure Our Youth for Our Age and Good Health and How to Maintain These
Grandpa and I are on our return home from a trip abroad planned after a few contemporaries died less than three months ago in quick...
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