This Grandma is Glad She is Done Paying for Weddings
Two out of three of our children are presently married. We paid for three weddings. Yes, we have one divorce. I think the next...
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May 20, 20144 min read
What Do Pregnant Women Want?
Last evening, grandpa and I were at dinner with long (we never say old) friends whose oldest son and his wife just had their third child,...
May 14, 20144 min read
Caring for Grandchildren Makes This Grandma Wonder How She Had the Strength to Raise Children
My younger daughter needed help. Of course, this Grandma volunteered to watch the two younger grandchildren for her. Nearly at the same...
May 12, 20146 min read
Are We Boomers the Last to Experience the American Dream?
All our lives, we Boomers heard how we changed society. All our lives, we Boomers heard how much more difficult it was for our large...
May 1, 20146 min read
Planning the Perfect Multigenerational Family Vacation at Every Age and Every Stage
As our oldest grandchildren enter middle school age, this Grandma can reflect on what makes a perfect multigenerational family vacation...
Apr 29, 20143 min read
The Three Year Old Last Baby Grandchild: Is Three Worse than the Terrible Twos?
Our daughter recently complained about our three year old grandson, our youngest and last baby grandchild, saying three was worse than...
Apr 28, 20143 min read
Grandma Refuses to Face the Facts of Growing O-l-d-e-r
This Grandma lives in Florida and loves it. Whether it is true or not, I have heard that the humidity keeps us younger, makes our skin...
Apr 20, 20143 min read
This Boomer Grandma’s Freedom
Being a Boomer child in America, I have lived though decades of great change and opportunity that made the American dream possible. This...
Apr 14, 20144 min read
Grandmas Do Have A Responsibility After All
This Grandma’s mantra is that grandparenting should be no responsibility and all joy. After all, we did our best to be responsible...
Mar 31, 20142 min read
”Two Children is More Than Double One” Affects Assisted Reproductive Technology
This Grandma had an unexpected surprise on the arrival of the second child. I was shocked that no one had told me that having two...
Mar 29, 20142 min read
Mother-in-law and Mother Relationship is the Same for Grandma
There is so much written about relationships between the “in-laws,” between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law. As the saying goes, we...
Mar 27, 20145 min read
Boomers and Health Care Moving Abroad
Long (we never say old) friends moved to Italy for a good deal of the year. This Grandma is not one to move abroad for long periods of...
Mar 23, 20142 min read
Grandma Intends to Drive Forever
Our GG (great grandmother) is ninety and still drives herself everywhere. She got a new car for her last birthday. Okay, she does not...
Mar 21, 20142 min read
Love Your Selfie?
This Grandma was not going to touch this new dictionary word “selfie”—yes, it has been added to the dictionary—no way, no how. However,...
Mar 20, 20142 min read
Older Finally Means Grandparenting, Not Parenting
My father was eleven years older than my mother. In their era, women sought older men who were better established to be able to support...
Mar 13, 20142 min read
Will I Ever Be a Grandma?
A friend recently lamented that her late thirty something child had not yet met a permanent mate. She worries, “Will I ever be a...
Mar 9, 20143 min read
Now it is age 73 for Retirement?
This Grandma is of the Boomer generation. It seems that now age 73 is the new age for retirement? This makes sense. Maybe. If we...
Feb 20, 20142 min read
This Grandma Will Take “All Joy and All Fun” Any Day
Since I read, “Under Pressure,” by Andrew Solomon, in the New York Times, February , 2, 2014, I cannot get the title of the book he...
Feb 18, 20142 min read
Becoming a Grandma Just Became a Harder Sell
It is hard to keep quiet at the wedding. We parents want to say something like, ‘so when can we expect to become a grandma,” but we say...
Feb 14, 20142 min read
Who Knew Newborns Should be Getting Probiotics
This Grandma recently bought probiotics for my ninety year old mother-in-law. Who knew that newborns should also be getting probiotics....
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