We Still Line Up At School in Alphabetical Order and It Affects Our Lives
This Grandma remembers not only lining up in alphabetical order in elementary school, but also remembers that we sat at our desks in...
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Oct 10, 20142 min read
I Wish I Had Straight Talk Wireless Safe Driver Car Connection When I Was Parenting A New Teen Drive
A print advertisement in People Magazine caught my eye. It started, “Because you never stopped trying to keep them safe.’ Then it showed...
Oct 5, 20143 min read
What Joan Rivers Has Taught Us About Aging
It is always sad when we lose someone personally known to us, and Joan Rivers always made us feel as though she was personally known to...
Oct 2, 20142 min read
Give Your Grandchild the World in his or her Hand with a Globe
Yes, we all wish we could give each of our grandchildren the world, the moon, the sun and the stars. We can start with a globe! As we...
Sep 30, 20142 min read
Modern grandparents: Busier, Hands-on and Happy: Yes, We Are!
And younger, in mind and spirit and body. According to Rebecca Dube on Today.com September 7, 2014, in honor of Grandparents Day,...
Sep 28, 20142 min read
Grandma Likes Questions to Ask Kids for Grandparents Too
Watching the Today Show, September 4, 2014 was enlightening. A mommy blogger, Liz Evans, who was a teacher, wrote a post, 25 Ways to Ask...
Sep 26, 20142 min read
Balancing Between Young and “Young Old”
Opening up the New York Times on line September 1, 2014, I scrolled down and “Most Emailed” hit me. Number two in most emailed was an...
Sep 24, 20145 min read
This Grandma’s Top Ten Grandma Tips in Honor of Grandparents’ Day
This Grandma’s mantra is that grandparenting should be all joy and no responsibility. Here are this Grandma’s top ten tips on...
Sep 22, 20146 min read
From Ice Water Over Your Head to Dropping Your Pants in Public, Here is What Awareness is Next
More than a million challenge videos have been posted on Facebook so far. The challenge has raised well over $4 million and counting,...
Sep 17, 20143 min read
Braiding Granddaughter’s Hair and Braiding Memories
Our eight year old granddaughter is tough. She is not a girly girl. Her favorite color is blue. She has never had a doll nor is she...
Sep 11, 20145 min read
NEAT and Five Extra Minutes As An Exercise Habit for Longevity for Grandma
This Grandma has an exercise routine. I actually started it when our eldest daughter announced her pregnancy. I had not exercised much...
Sep 9, 20143 min read
This Grandma Laments Parents’ Responsibility Regarding Crime Watch Tips for Sending Grandchildren Back to School
Okay. This Grandma is doing what her parents did, talking about the “good old days.” Not remembering how much things cost back when,...
Sep 7, 20144 min read
Grandma’s Reflection on the Importance of Participating in Life Passage Events, even the Caretaking before the Death of a Parent
“On siblings who don’t help with an elderly parent’s care,” was the title of advice given by a reader of Carolyn Hax’s column while she...
Sep 5, 20145 min read
When Grandma Does Not Exercise Good Judgment While Watching Grandchildren Look for the Win-Win Rather than Consequences
This Grandma wonders why people are surprised when someone does not exercise good judgment when they become a grandparent. Just because...
Aug 26, 20143 min read
When Preteens have a Smart Phone We Must Consider a New App Called Ignore No More
Our oldest grandchild has wanted a smart phone for almost a year. He has not taken no for an answer. He has not accepted that just...
Aug 24, 20146 min read
When Grandchildren Need Eyeglasses, Think Outrageous, as is the Number of Children Who May Need Eyeglasses
Two of our grandchildren wear eye glasses. One is seven, and has worn glasses since he was four. The other is three, and I wrote a post...
Aug 22, 20142 min read
In One Life We Live a Lot of Different Lives
Sometimes characters in television shows come up with lines that remain with you. The female Black lieutenant in Law and Order came up...
Aug 13, 20142 min read
Which Grandma Among Us is Ready to Buy the $7,500 Crib for our Grandchild?
This Grandma goes overboard when it comes to the grandchildren. I am always looking for the new toy, new book, even new bedding set to...
Aug 11, 20144 min read
Whatever Pills We Want to Take to Help Us Sleep May Hurt Us Boomer Grandmas More Than Help
My parents and my father-in-law especially mentioned that they slept less as they got older. They seemed to wake up earlier and go to...
Aug 9, 20144 min read
Choosing the Sex: How to Have a Baby Girl or Baby Boy
A long (we never say old) friend just told me she is going to be a grandmother again – and it is going to be the sixth granddaughter in...
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